A record number of abstentions, and a strictly binary choice for voters many of whom said they were picking the lesser of two evils are trouble signs even within a mature democracy.
tonight, celebration spread far beyond paris. brussels is beaming, as well. katya adler, bbc news, paris. a short time ago i spoke to my colleague reeta chakrabarti, who has been analysing the result in paris. 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
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,