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Now, the hard part. Emmanuel Macron won an emphatic victory in France’s presidential run-off against Marine Le Pen, the far-right Front National leader, but his first challenge is fast approaching with June’s legislative elections just around the corner. Without a legislative majority for his fledgling En Marche! party, Mr Macron, a self-styled independent, may become a prisoner of traditional parties, writes Tony Barber.
It was an election that split France — and the early maps of voting results give some ideas of the two candidates’ respective heartlands. Mr Macron’s triumph in the French presidential election nudged the euro to a six-month high against the dollar. Here is a read on how…
