It was an extraordinary triumph by the 39-year-old Macron, the youngest president in France’s history. How Macron and Trump changed politicsThe centre-right Republicans came a poor second, followed by the far-right National Front led by Marine Le Pen. In France, Macron has tried to blow up the traditional left/right political paradigm that has led to years of stagnation and impasse. About half the candidates who ran with Macron, himself a political novice, had never entered politics before and are relatively young. Macron’s honeymoon among French voters will undoubtedly come to an end once he actually gets down to the real work of governing.

Source: thestar June 12, 2017 00:22 UTC