Global leaders wish Macron on his victory
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump were a few of the global leaders who congratulated Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron as he was declared projected winner in the French Presidential elections’ crucial runoff on Sunday.
While May “warmly” congratulated Macron in a statement from her office, Trump took to twitter to wish the president elect, BBC reported. “Congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on his big win today as the next President of France. I look very much forward to working with him!” Trump tweeted.
Outgoing French President Francois Hollande also wished Macron on twitter: “All my wishes of success for our country. Hollande, who had backed Macron in the second round, later called his former economic adviser and economy minister to congratulate him on his win. European Commission President Jean-claude Juncker congratulated on Macron’s election victory, saying he was happy that “the French have chosen European future.” European Council President Donald Tusk also congratulated Macron, saying the French have chosen “liberty, equality, and fraternity.”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman welcomed Emmanuel Macron’s resounding win as a “victory for a strong and united Europe”.
“Congratulations, Emmanuel Macron. Your victory is a victory for a strong and united Europe and for French-german friendship,” wrote Steffen Seibert in French and German on Twitter. Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated France’s president-elect Emmanuel Macron and said both countries
Jean-luc Mélenchon won almost a fifth of the vote in the first round, and he hasn’t pulled his punches, with a message savaging both Marine Le Pen and the outgoing president, Hollande
share a “responsibility toward peace and development in the world” and expressed readiness to move the strategic Sinofrench partnership to a “higher level”. “China stands ready to work with France to move the strategic Sino-french partnership to a higher level,” Xi said in a congratulatory note, the Chinese foreign ministry said.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has congratulated Emmanuel Macron on winning France’s presidential election. “I look forward to working closely with President-elect Macron in the years ahead as we work together on a progressive agenda to promote international security, increase collaboration in science and technology, and create good, middle class jobs on both sides of the Atlantic,” he said.
Meanwhile, far-left leader Jean-luc Mélenchon fiercely criticised Le Pen and Hollande. Jean-luc Mélenchon won almost a fifth of the vote in the first round, and he hasn’t pulled his punches, with a message savaging both Marine Le Pen and the outgoing president, Hollande.