France: Protest started in Paris after Emmanuel Macron’s Election Win

New Delhi: Clashes between radicals and law enforcement officers erupted in Paris after the announcement of preliminary presidential election results, with police have used tear gas against the demonstrators. Police sought to break up a crowd of mostly young people who had gathered in the central neighborhood of Chatelet to protest.

According to a media report, young people started gathering in the Place de la Republique in the French capital after the preliminary results were announced. Slogans were heard both against Macron and Le Pen.

The French presidential election runoff was held on Sunday. The French Interior Ministry said after processing 80 percent of the ballots in the second round of the election that Incumbent President Emmanuel Macron was in the lead with 54.81 percent of the votes, while far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen had secured 45.19 percent.

Macron won a second five-year term after defeating far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a runoff voting earlier on Sunday, averting a dramatic electoral upset.

(Smit Soni)