"He ran a courageous pro-European campaign, stands for openness to the world and is committed decisively to a social market economy," the EU's most powerful leader added, congratulating Macron on his "spectacular" election success. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker put it bluntly: "With France, we have a particular problem ... Elsewhere in Paris, hundreds of people, led by the powerful CGT trade union, marched in protest against Macron's planned labor reforms. "I can work in a government majority," said Bruno Le Maire, a senior Republicans party official, who had been an aide of presidential candidate Francois Fillon. Le Pen, 48, defiantly claimed the mantle of France's main opposition in calling on "all patriots to join us" in constituting a "new political force".

Source: bd News24 May 08, 2017 17:26 UTC