Macron defeats Le Pen for the French presidency

French President-elect Emmanuel Macron, left, and outgoing President Francois Hollande, attend a ceremony to mark the end of World War II at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Monday, May 8, 2017. Macron defeated far-right leader Marine Le Pen handily in Sunday’s presidential vote, and now must pull together a majority for his year-old political movement by mid-June legislative elections. (Philippe Wojazer, Pool via AP)

A woman looks toward a poster of the front cover of L’Express, with the picture of the newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, May 8, 2017. Macron defeated far-right leader Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s presidential vote. (Chesnot/Getty Images)

French president-elect Emmanuel Macron waves as he attends a ceremony to mark Victory Day in Paris, May 8, 2017. Macron appeared alongside current President Francois Hollande in commemoration of the end of World War II, marking the day of the formal German defeat in World War II. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Supporters celebrate at a rally for French president-elect Emmanuel Macron, outside the Louvre in Paris, May 7, 2017. (Gyori Antoine /Corbis via Getty Images)

French police stand near a newsstand with a magazine cover showing French president-elect Emmanuel Macron, on the Champs Elysees in Paris, May 8, 2017. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

French president-elect Emmanuel Macron, center, greets veterans during a ceremony to mark Victory Day in Paris, France, Monday, May 8, 2017. French president-elect Emmanuel Macron, will appear Monday alongside current President Francois Hollande in commemoration of the end of World War II. Monday, a national holiday, marks the day of the formal German defeat in World War II. (Francois Mori, Pool via AP)

Current French President Francois Hollande, left, and president-elect Emmanuel Macron attend a ceremony to mark the end of World War II at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Monday, May 8, 2017. (Stephane De Sakutin/Pool/Reuters)

A person holds a mask of France’s National Front (FN) presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, as people gather with French and European Union flags near the Eiffel Tower the day after France’s presidential elections, in Paris, May 8, 2017. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)

Incoming French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech in front of the Pyramid at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Sunday, May 7, 2017. Macron says that France is facing an “immense task” to rebuild European unity, fix the economy and ensure security against extremist threats. (Thomas Samson/Pool Photo via AP)

Incoming French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech in front of the Pyramid at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Sunday, May 7, 2017. Macron says that France is facing an “immense task” to rebuild European unity, fix the economy and ensure security against extremist threats. (David Ramos/Getty Images)

French president-elect Emmanuel Macron celebrates on stage with wife Brigitte Trogneux during his victory rally near the Louvre museum in Paris, May 7, 2017. (Thomas Samson/Pool/Reuters)

French president-elect Emmanuel Macron celebrates on stage with wife Brigitte Trogneux during his victory rally near the Louvre museum in Paris, May 7, 2017. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

Incoming French President Emmanuel Macron walks towards the stage to address his supporters at the Louvre Palace in Paris, Sunday May 7, 2017. Polling agencies have projected that centrist Macron will be France’s next president, putting a 39-year-old political novice at the helm of one of the world’s biggest economies and slowing a global populist wave. (Christophe Ena, Pool via AP)

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is shown on a screen while conceding defeat at the Chalet du Lac in the Bois de Vincennes in Paris, after the second round of 2017 French presidential election, May 7, 2017. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)

Supporters of French independent centrist presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron react outside the Louvre museum in Paris, France, Sunday, May 7, 2017. (Laurent Cipriani/AP)

Supporters of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, react after announcement in the second round of 2017 French presidential election at En Marche ! local headquarters in Marseille, France, May 7, 2017. (Philippe Laurenson/Reuters)

French independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron casts his ballot in the presidential runoff election in Le Touquet, France, Sunday, May 7, 2017. (Christophe Ena, Pool via AP)

French National Front (FN) candidate Marine Le Pen exits a voting booth during the second round of the French presidential election in Henin-Beaumont, France, May 7, 2017. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)

French independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with well-wishers as he leaves the polling station after casting his ballot in the presidential runoff election in Le Touquet, France, Sunday, May 7, 2017. (Christophe Ena/AP)

French independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with well-wishers as he leaves the polling station after casting his ballot in the presidential runoff election in Le Touquet, France, Sunday, May 7, 2017. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)

Civil servants prepare electoral documents for the second round of 2017 French presidential election between candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen in Nice, France, May 3, 2017. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

Far-right leader and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, Marine Le Pen, surrounded by bodyguards, celebrates with supporters while holding a bunch of flowers after exit poll results of the first round of the presidential election were announced at her election day headquarters in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, Sunday, April 23, 2017. Polling agency projections show far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron leading in the first-round French presidential election. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

French centrist presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron, center, makes his way at the Whirlpool home appliance factory, Wednesday April 26, 2017 in Amiens, northern France. Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has earlier upstaged Macron as she made a surprise campaign stop to the plant. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

French independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron addresses his supporters during an election campaign rally in Arras, northern France, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Battling for France’s blue-collar vote and employing all of her political guile, far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen upstaged her centrist rival Macron by making a surprise campaign stop Wednesday to a home appliance factory threatened with closure. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

French independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron arrives for an election campaign rally in Arras, northern France, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Battling for France’s blue-collar vote and employing all of her political guile, far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen upstaged her centrist rival Macron by making a surprise campaign stop Wednesday to a home appliance factory threatened with closure. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

A supporter of French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron glues a campaign poster, in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, southwestern France, Thursday, April 27, 2017. After “the battle of Whirlpool,” when Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron both went hunting for France’s blue-collar vote at a threatened home appliance factory, the presidential candidates clashed over fish in a return to more traditional campaigning on Thursday. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Two women pass an election poster for French far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen which reads “Choose France” prior to an election campaign rally in Nice, southern France, Thursday April 27, 2017. After “the battle of Whirlpool,” when Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron both went hunting for France’s blue-collar vote at a threatened home appliance factory, the presidential candidates clashed over fish as Le Pen boarded a fishing trawler, in a return to more traditional campaigning on Thursday. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Supporters wave French flags prior to an election campaign rally of French far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Nice, southern France, Thursday April 27, 2017. After “the battle of Whirlpool,” when Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron both went hunting for France’s blue-collar vote at a threatened home appliance factory, the presidential candidates clashed over fish as Le Pen boarded a fishing trawler, in a return to more traditional campaigning on Thursday. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

French far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen addresses supporters during an election campaign rally in Nice, southern France, Thursday April 27, 2017. After “the battle of Whirlpool,” when Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron both went hunting for France’s blue-collar vote at a threatened home appliance factory, the presidential candidates clashed over fish as Le Pen boarded a fishing trawler, in a return to more traditional campaigning on Thursday. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

A girl climbs up a dune by a defaced election campaign poster for French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron in Bidart, southwestern France, Friday, April 28, 2017. Macron will face far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the second-round vote on May 7. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Chatellerault, central France, Friday, April 28, 2017. Macron faces far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen off in a May 7 runoff election. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Badges go for sale before a campaign meeting for far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, Monday May 1, 2017, in Villepinte, outside Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Members of the global citizen movement AVAAZ wear masks depicting the face of former National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen with the hair of his daughter and French far-right presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, as they stage a protest as part of a May Day rally in Paris, France, Monday, May 1st, 2017. With just six days until a French presidential vote that could define Europe’s future, far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron are holding high-stakes rallies Monday. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Youths shield behind a banner as Paris police are firing tear gas, during the May Day demonstration, Monday May 1, 2017, in Paris. Scores of hooded youth have thrown Molotov cocktails at security forces who fired back with tear gas during the May Day workers’ march in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen waves to supporters during her meeting, Monday May 1, 2017, in Villepinte, outside Paris. With just six days until a French presidential vote that could define Europe’s future, far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron are holding high-stakes rallies Monday. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

A supporter of independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron holds up a poster during a campaign rally in Paris, France, Monday, May 1st, 2017. With just six days until a French presidential vote that could define Europe’s future, far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron are holding high-stakes rallies Monday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron is seen on a large screen as he speaks to his supporters during a campaign rally in Paris, France, Monday, May 1st, 2017. With just six days until a French presidential vote that could define Europe’s future, far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron are holding high-stakes rallies Monday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Electoral posters show centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron, left, and a defaced poster of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, Wednesday May 3, 2017 in Marseille, southern France. Pro-European progressive Emmanuel Macron and far-right Marine Le Pen are facing off today in their only direct debate before Sunday’s presidential runoff election. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National party, Marine Le Pen, left, and French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement, Emmanuel Macron, pose prior to the start of a live broadcast face-to-face televised debate in La Plaine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris, France, Wednesday, May 3, 2017 as part of the second round election campaign. Pro-European progressive Emmanuel Macron and far-right Marine Le Pen are facing off in their only direct debate before Sunday’s presidential runoff election. (Eric Feferberg/Pool Photo via AP)

People watch a live broadcast television debate with French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, right, and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, in a restaurant in Lille, northern France, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron exchanged barbs and insults on Wednesday during their sole televised debate ahead of Sunday’s runoff election. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

A couple watches a live broadcast television debate with French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, on the screen, and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, in an apartment in Lyon, central France, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron exchanged barbs and insults on Wednesday during their sole televised debate ahead of Sunday’s runoff election. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

A man walks past defaced election campaign posters for French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, in Saint Jean de Luz, southwestern France, Thursday, May 4, 2017. France will vote on Sunday May 7 in the second round of the presidential election. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Supporters of far-right presidential candidate Marine le Pen prepare for her arrival with a poster reading “Choose France”, balloons and a French flag in Ennemain, northern France, Thursday, May 4, 2017. Le Pen and centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron face on in Sunday’s runoff vote, with the latest polls suggesting Macron is well ahead. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement Emmanuel Macron, right, visits the VOA glass-making company during a campaign trip in Albi, southwestern France, Thursday, May 4, 2017. French centrist Emmanuel Macron has already achieved an immense task: a former outsider with little political experience, he is now the front-runner in France’s presidential race, banking on the promise to reform the country through radical pro-business measures and pro-European policies. (Eric Feferberg/Pool Photo via AP)

French independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, right, touches hands with supporters during a campaign rally in Albi, southern France, Thursday, May 4, 2017. The 39-year-old independent candidate faces far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s presidential runoff. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Supporters of French independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron wave flags during a campaign rally in Albi, southern France, Thursday, May 4, 2017. The 39-year-old independent candidate faces far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s presidential runoff. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen blows a kiss after addressing people in Ennemain, northern France, Thursday, May 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement, Emmanuel Macron (C) gestures as he delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Arras, northern France, on April 26, 2017 as he campaigns ahead of the run-off of the French presidential election. (Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images)

Protesters hold a banner reading “Neither Le Pen nor Macron” on April 27, 2017 in Rennes, western France during a demonstration to protest against the results of the first round of the French presidential election. (Jean-Francois Monier/AFP/Getty Images)

Students hold a placard reading “Neither banker, nor racist” during a demonstration in Paris on April 27, 2017 to protest against the results of the first round of the French presidential election. (Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images)

French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen (2ndR) is applauded by supporters at the end of a campaign meeting, on April 27, 2017 in Nice. (Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images)

Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, leaves his campaign headquarters in Paris after early results in the first round of 2017 French presidential election, France, April 23, 2017. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

Marine Le Pen (L), French National Front (FN) political party candidate for French 2017 presidential election, speaks with employees as she visits the meat pavilion at the Rungis international food market, near Paris, during her campaign, France, April 25, 2017. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)

Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) candidate for 2017 presidential election, attends a campaign rally in Villepinte, near Paris, France, May 1, 2017. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)

Hooded youths throw bottles during clashes at a demonstration to protest the results of the first round of the presidential election in Paris, France, April 27, 2017. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)

Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) party candidate for 2017 presidential election, climbs into a truck during a campaign visit in Dol-de-Bretagne, France, May 4, 2017. (Stephane Mahe/Reuters)

Greenpeace activists display a banner at the Eiffel tower reads,”liberty, equality, fraternity” in Paris, France, Friday, May 5, 2017. The protest is against far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen two days before the runoff. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, rear at center, meets residents in Rodez, southern France, Friday, May 5, 2017. The 39-year-old independent candidate faces far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen in Sunday’s presidential runoff. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Children walk past election campaign posters for French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, in Osses, southwestern France, Friday May 5, 2017. France will vote on Sunday May 7 in the second round of the presidential election. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) party candidate for 2017 presidential election, is protected by bodyguards as eggs are thrown by demonstrators during her arrival in Dol-de-Bretagne, France, May 4, 2017. (Stephane Mahe/Reuters)

Activists from the environmentalist group Greenpeace unfurl a giant banner on the Eiffel Tower in a call on French citizens to vote against the National Front (FN) presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, in Paris, France, May 5, 2017. (Mal Langsdon/Reuters)