Despite that, the far right garnered a record percentage of the vote.
Many in this country voted for me not because they support my ideas but to keep out those of the far-right. I want to thank them and know I owe them a debt in the years to come. The message across the Macron camp on Monday was that they would listen more, after a first mandate in which Macron himself initially called his leadership style"Jupiterian", suggesting he would stay above the political fray.
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