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Emmanuel Macron was elected to a second term as French president on Sunday with 58.2% of the vote, according to an estimate from the Ipsos polling institute. Voter abstention was put at 28%, the highest in 50 years. Read FRANCE 24's live blog to see how all the day's election…

Emmanuel Macron comfortably defeated far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday, heading off a political earthquake for Europe but acknowledging dissatisfaction with his first term and saying he would seek to make amends.

Emmanuel Macron faces a tighter race against far-right Marine Le Pen. French voters head to the polls today.

While I have no great respect for Macron, I see him as the lesser of two evils. But how can an item of clothing even be on the agenda when France has so many socio-economic issues to deal with?

Emmanuel Macron pulled out all the stops to try to consolidate his lead over far-right leader Marine Le Pen ahead of the final ballot of the French presidential election on Sunday.

Second round of voting on Sunday sees Emmanuel Macron take on Marine Le Pen, as was the case in 2017

Whoever wins on Sunday will only have done so after a bitter, divisive campaign and probably with a small majority

Incumbent Emmanuel Macron facing tight race against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in second round of vote

Le Pen is known for pursuing policies targeting Muslims and foreign immigrants

French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen has made it to the second round of the presidential election and though she lags behind President Emmanuel Macron, polls show a much tighter race than in 2017 when he beat her convincingly.

President Emmanuel Macron, a former investment banker who was elected in 2017 on a promise to be neither of the left nor the right, is projected in voter surveys to win a second term against a resurgent far-right Marine Le Pen, although with a smaller margin of victory.