Emmanuel Macron. As results on Sunday showed centrist Emmanuel Macron ahead of far-right Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election, German centrists reacted with joy, seeing hope in their own election prospects. Presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will move on to the second round of the election on May 7th, with Macron winning nearly 24 percent of the vote compared to Le Pen’s 21.4 percent. "It's good that Emmanuel Macron was successful with his course for a strong EU and social market economy," said spokesman Steffen Seibert in a tweet. the German hashtag for the French election #Frankreichwahl was the top trend in the country still on Monday morning, while Macron was also in the top ten trends.

Source: The Local April 24, 2017 08:03 UTC