It was this latter France that voted for Macron’s far-right opponent, Marine Le Pen. Macron knows that many voters backed him not out of conviction but simply to stop Le Pen taking power, and his support could evaporate at the parliamentary elections. In the runoff against Le Pen, he notched up almost two-thirds of the vote, according to exit polls. The scores registered for Macron, Le Pen and for abstention in the second round of the French presidential election. Macron wants to cut unemployment to seven percent by 2022 by liberalising employment laws, cutting business rates and loosening restrictions in France’s 35-hour working week.

Source: Hindustan Times May 08, 2017 02:48 UTC