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France's Macron picks PM from the right, blowing apart old boundaries
Edouard Philippe (46), a lawmaker and mayor of port city Le Havre, is from the moderate wing of the main centre-right The Republicans party.
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Emmanuel Macron inaugurated as French president
Macron takes office after beating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in last week's presidential run-off.
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French PM to be appointed on Monday, new government on Tuesday: source
Emmanuel Macron won a run-off vote against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen a week ago.
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France’s Macron open to talks with willing conservatives
Emmanuel Macron’s centre-right ally Francois Bayrou signalled he was not happy with the list of candidates.
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French ex-prime minister Valls offers to back Macron in June elections
French president-elect Emmanuel Macron won an offer of support from Socialist ex-prime minister Manuel Valls.
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‘Global economic, political factors lowered appetite for emerging currencies’
The local currency lost more than 1% of its value against the dollar on Tuesday.
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Germany rejects idea of joint euro bonds after Macron victory
However, the idea of joint borrowing by euro zone states does not play well with frugal German voters.
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Wesgro: Macron victory to boost trade with the WC
Wesgro's Tim Harris says the election 'ushers in a new spirit of openness' for France.
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Macron wins French presidency, to European allies' relief
With virtually all votes counted, Macron had topped 66% against just under 34% for Le Pen - a gap wider than the 20 or so percentage points that pre-election surveys had suggested.
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[OPINION] Macron victory – now it’s time to unite a divided France
Emmanuel Macron must unite the country after one of the most divisive and polarising elections in recent French history.
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Profile of French president-elect Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron was elected French president with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union.
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Macron wins French presidency, to sighs of relief in Europe
With virtually all votes counted, Macron had topped 66% against just under 34% for Le Pen - a gap wider than the 20 or so percentage points.
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UPDATE: Emmanuel Macron wins French presidential election
Opinion polls predicted that the 39-year-old former economy minister Emmanuel Macron would win the five-year presidency.
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Louvre grounds, where Macron due to speak, briefly evacuated
Police in Paris said they made security checks as a precaution and later added that the situation there had returned to normal.
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Macron is opinion polls favourite as France elects new president Sunday
Opinion polls indicate they will pick Emmanuel Macron, resisting an anti-establishment tide that has seen Britons vote to leave the EU.
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French candidate Macron claims massive hack as emails leaked
Macron, who is seen as the frontrunner in an election billed as the most important in France in decades, extended his lead over Le Pen in polls on Friday.
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Macron seen winning French presidential runoff with 62%
The French Independent centrist is seen getting 62% of the votes in the second round compared to 38% for Le Pen, an increase of three points for the centrist candidate.
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Macron accuses Le Pen of spreading lies about him
Emmanuel Macron’s party has previously complained that his campaign had been the target of ‘fake news’ put out by Russian media.
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Macron, Le Pen clash on euro, terrorism, in French pre-election TV showdown
In a final put-down, when Le Pen attempted to interrupt his summing-up, Macron told Le Pen: “You stay on TV. I want to be president of the country.”
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Macron and Le Pen to square off in French pre-election TV showdown
Opinion polls showed Emmanuel Macron, 39, maintaining a strong lead of 20 percentage points over the National Front's Marine Le Pen.
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Macron and Le Pen to square off in French pre-election TV debate
Opinion polls still show Macron, 39, holding a strong lead of 20 points over the National Front’s Le Pen with just four days to go to the final vote.
