the bbc s reeta chakrabarti is in paris, she told us more about the election result. it is sweet because it is victory and he s pulled off this great feat of being elected twice in a row the first person to do that for 20 years. but analysts keep pointing out that the figures don t look great for him he has won by, we think, around 58.5% of the votes in the second round, which is less then he won by five years ago, when he got 66%. it appears that madame le pen, his defeated rival, has put on in the region of 2 3 million votes. this is yet to be absolutely confirmed, but this is what is being projected and estimated at the moment. and we heard during this campaign repeatedly,
58.5%. with the latest from paris, here s our europe editor, katya adler. emmanuel macron, one of europe s most powerful leaders, clearly reconfirmed tonight. the first french president to be re elected in two decades. his supporters, ecstatic and relieved. we feel safer for the next five years. because marine le pen is the worst we can have. so we re really happy to have macron again. i feel really relieved, - because it was a dangerous moment for france and for europe macron critics label him aloof, elitist. that is not how he came across tonight. translation: my friends, we will need to be kind - and respectful because our country harbours many doubts and divisions. so we will need to be strong, but nobody will left by the wayside.
share of 58.5%. with the latest from paris, here s our europe editor, katya adler. emmanuel macron, one of europe s most powerful leaders, clearly reconfirmed tonight the first french president to be re elected in two decades. his supporters, ecstatic and relieved. we feel safer for the next five years. because marine le pen is the worst we can have. so we re really happy to have macron again. i feel really relieved, - because it was a dangerous moment for france and for europe. - macron critics label him aloof, elitist. that is not how he came across tonight. translation: my friends, we will need to be kind -
french president in 20 years to win a second term. let s cross live to paris and talk to david eades. you join us at this rather wonderful spot overlooking the arc de triomphe, the famed ark, and it is a signal of success, i suppose, for emmanuel macron right now. he is the first french president in some 20 years to win a second term in office. he has been vowing to unite the country after his re election. looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, 58.5% looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, 58.5% of looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, 58.5% of the vote went to him, 41.5, to his far right rival, marine le pen, in other respects that might look like a crushing victory, but he has had to acknowledge a huge wave of disaffection after his first term in office reflected partly in the abstentions figure, the highest since 1969
for all after being re elected as the country s leader. he beat his anti immigration rival, marine le pen, to become the first french president in 20 years to win a second term in office. here s david eades in paris. thank you, victoria, and thank you forjoining us. we are overlooking the famed arc de triomphe, which is really a signal of success for emmanuel macron, of a sort, anyway. he has vowed to reunite the country after his re election. you might wonder why, just look at the scale of his victory, 58.5% of the vote in favour of macron, 41.5% for his far right rival marine le pen. that is quite a gulf under normal circumstances. but macron has had to acknowledge a huge wave of disaffection after that first term in office and it is reflected very clearly in the highest level of abstention since 1969, but also the