crisis in disasters warren iraq, and many other things most recently this russian invasion of ukraine, we know that there is no kind of automatic sense of progress anymore. and in a sense that lesson was an important one to be learned, because democracy doesn t survive automatically. and only surviving people recognize it as a value, and they re willing to take the risks for it. so, from this territory war in ukraine if there s anything to be gained, it s the example of ukrainians who remind us that democracy is something to care about. it s something to take risks for. and so, when i call it a point of inflection and ukrainians by resisting have given the rest of us a moment to think and to consider what we care about. so, i want to get your reaction to the results of the french presidential election we re talking about the future of democracy and i think annual macron has defeated pretty, projected to feed his far-right rival marine le pen,
invasion began. and incumbent emmanuel macron has defeated his far-right about it marine le pen, in the french presidential election. projections now show that macron took just over 50% of the vote, le pen conceded to close with his win macron becomes the first french president in two decades to win a second term. the final result be announced by the country s interior ministry on monday. we ve got more on the mehdi hasan show right after this break. san show right after thi break. break. approved eye-drop that improves age-related blurry near vision. wait, what? it sounded like you just said an eye drop that may help you see up close. i did. it s an innovative way to. so, wait. i don t always have to wear reading glasses? yeah! vuity™ helps you see up close. so, i can see up close with just my eyes? uh-huh. with one drop in each eye, once daily. in focus? yep. [laughs] like, really?
macron. so many people here share that view, they cockerel macron. so many people here share that view, they cockerel in - macron. so many people here share that view, they cockerel in this - macron. so many people here share that view, they cockerel in this bar i that view, they cockerel in this bar is causing chaos, as you can see! a lot of people in this constituency believe that marine le pen has done enough to soften her image to appeal to those mainstream voters have both her macron have appealed to. she has talked about is of the eu, of course, not necessarily wanting to withdraw france but wanting to make france stronger, are nato too, they have really radically opposed views, so this is a vote, the people are voting on the future of france but also europe, and were now counting down about 45 minutes until they start celebrating or drowning their sorrows here. studio: thank you. and a reminder, we will shortly have a special programme bringing you the result, starting at 17:3
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