Ukraine’s leader hasactually praised Emmanuel Macron on winning a 2nd term as president of France — and pounding a reactionary competing seen as close to Russia
24 April 2022, 22: 28
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s leader hasactually praised Emmanuel Macron on winning a 2nd term as president of France — and pounding a reactionary competing seen as close to Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelenskyy called Macron “a real buddy of Ukraine”on Sunday and revealed gratitude for his assistance.
Tweeting in French, Zelenskyy stated: “I’m persuaded that we will advance together towards brand-new joint triumphes. Toward a strong and joined Europe!”
Macron has lookedfor a diplomatic service to Russia’s war in Ukraine. France has likewise sentout considerable weapons to Ukraine and Macron is preparation more.
In a TELEVISION dispute ahead of Sunday’s runoff, Macron attacked opposition Marine Le Pen’s past ties to Russia, significantly a loan her celebration got from a Russian-Czech bank in 2014.
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PARIS — Watching France’s governmental election results was particularly difficult for Yasmina Aksas.
The 19-year-old law trainee might haveactually been required to getridof her headscarf if reactionary leader Marine Le Pen had won rather of incumbent Emmanuel Macron.
Speaking to AP as the veryfirst forecasts came in revealing Macron in the lead, Aksas was noticeable relieved — however far from thrilled.
“It’s still 40% of individuals ballot for Le Pen. It’s assuring that it’s Macron however it’s not a triumph,” stated Aksas, who is active in feminist and social justice companies. “It shows absolutelynothing of what I believe and what I determine with.”
She revealed issue about extremist language and concepts that “used to be restricted to militant reactionary groups” however have now gotin the mainstream.
Under Macron’s presidency, she explained trespassing limitations on Muslims in the name of combating extremism. “They made it a issue for everybody while staying unclear about who the hazard is.”
“So if you feel worried about what they’re doing, like closing mosques, associations, when they state they’re targeting jihadists, you shouldn’t feel targeted, otherwise you are presumed of not being part of the republic.”
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LONDON — A European financialexpert states that if exit surveys hold real and Emmanuel Macron wins the election versus his conservative opposition Marine Le Pen, France will most mostlikely stay an engine of development and development in Europe for the next 5 years.
Economist Holger Schmieding states France has surpassed Germany for the past 5 years. He states France under Macron would mostlikely stay on track for a sustained duration of muchfaster gains in work and per-capita GDP. He states a vibrant France next to a still rather strong Germany is a significant favorable for Europe.
The economicexpert states Macron has reinforced the French economy by more than any of his predecessors consideringthat Charles de Gaulle.
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BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was the veryfirst foreign leader to call President Emmanuel Macron and praise him on his reelection, Scholz’ workplace stated.
“The Federal Chancellor and the President validated their objective to continue the close and relyingon relationship inbetween Germany and France, not least in view of the present obstacles such as the Russian war of hostility in Ukraine,” Scholz workplace stated in a declaration.
It likewise stated the outcome “signified a clear dedication to Europe and the European marriage procedure,” including that Scholz and Macron concurred to fulfill as quickly as possible.
The Czech prime minister likewise sentout his congratulations to Macron.
“France is our crucial partner, we are keen on establishing our excellent relationship more,” Petr Fiala tweeted.
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PARIS — Rights groups haveactually breathed a sigh of relief at Marine Le Pen’s failure to endedupbeing French president, however alerted versus complacency and prompted the victor, Emmanuel Macron, to battle racial profiling and discrimination versus Muslims, and muchbetter safeguard migrants.
Cécile Coudriou, head of Amnesty International France, mentioned “egregious human rights failings” under Macron’s presidency consistingof “France’s treatment of refugees and asylum at its borders, systemic discrimination in the kind of ethnic profiling by cops, outofproportion and precariously unclear counter-terror laws, curbs to the right to demonstration, invasive monitoring that effects the right to personalprivacy, stoppingworking to maintain environment dedications and selling arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.”
Antiracism group SOS Racisme stated : “This success, which may appearance big in a brief analysis, is not so much a triumph as a relief. The truth is that Marine Le Pen … has advanced by about 8 points in 5 years.”
It slammed Macron’s law versus so-called “separatism” by radical Muslims and federalgovernment ministers’ criticism of “wokeism” or “Islamo-leftism.” It blamed Macron’s “arrogance, (economic) liberalism, brutalization of the social motion and nods to the far right” for intensifying stress in France. “It is absolutely not neutral to assistance trivialize the far right by ‘choosing’ it as its opposition and winking at it,” it stated.
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PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron stated a easy “Thank you!” after winning reelection, and applauded the bulk who offered him 5 more years at the helm of France.
Macron likewise thanked individuals who voted for him not because they accept his concepts however duetothefactthat they desired to decline reactionary competing Marine Le Pen.
“I’m not the prospect of one camp anylonger, however the president of all of us,” he stated.
Macron easily won reelection to a 2nd term Sunday, according to ballot companies’ forecasts.
He showedup on the plaza where his fans collected, below the Eiffel Tower, to the noise of the “Ode to Joy,” the European Union’s anthem, hand in hand with his spouse, Brigitte.
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PARIS — Supporters of reactionary prospect Marine Le Pen collected