Macron to the French people: "Thank you."

AP , Monday 25 Apr 2022

President Emmanuel Macron said a simple ``Thank you!'' after winning reelection, and praised the majority who gave him five more years at the helm of France.

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Supporters of French President Emmanuel Macron celebrate in Paris, France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. AP FRA

 

Macron also thanked people who voted for him not because they embrace his ideas but because they wanted to reject far-right rival Marine Le Pen.

``I'm not the candidate of one camp anymore, but the president of all of us,'' he said.

Macron comfortably won reelection to a second term Sunday, according to polling agencies' projections.

He arrived on the plaza where his supporters gathered, beneath the Eiffel Tower, to the sound of the ``Ode to Joy,'' the European Union's anthem, hand in hand with his wife, Brigitte.

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