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Events on Sunday 7 May 2017 1
2017Emmanuel Macron elected president of FranceCentrist newcomer defeats far-right Le PenEmmanuel Macron, a political newcomer running on a centrist platform, defeated Marine Le Pen in the French presidential runoff with about 66 percent of the vote. At 39, he became France's youngest president. His election was widely seen as a check on rising nationalist movements in Europe.