Macron Slams Le Pen in 17pt Election Blowout 58%-41%

Emmanuel Macron is projected to win reelection in France's presidential election, defeating far-right challenger Marine Le Pen.

Macron, a centrist, is projected to have won about 58.2 percent of the vote, compared to Le Pen's 41.8 percent, according to French media outlet France 24.

His expected victory makes him the first French president to win a second term in 20 years.

Le Pen's campaign promises included a pledge to remove France from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's integrated military command and taking a hardline stance against immigration—a key policy of National Rally, which has long been criticized as being racist. She had also backed banning Muslim women in France from wearing headscarves.

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