According to CNN, although French President Emmanuel Macron won re-election with nearly 60% of the vote in the second round of French presidential elections that ended on Sunday local time, his challenger, the leader of the far-right French National League, Marine Le Pen said her over 40 percent of the vote meant the far-right was in an "excellent position" in the French parliamentary elections to be held in June this year.
Although she has conceded defeat, Le Pen said she and her party had achieved a "shining victory" in the election and that it was "historic". "The game is not over," CNN also reported in the report that although Macron's re-election is a "sigh of relief" for the West, the number of votes Le Pen won in this election is indeed historic. Moreover, compared with Macron's 66% vote rate in the showdown between the two in 2017, Macron's advantage over Le Pen is obviously much smaller this time, which means that the right-wing populist sentiment represented by Le Pen still remains. It will be a big problem for Europe's "unity" and NATO, the US-led military alliance. The far-right forces in many European countries will also be continuously encouraged by Le Pen's achievements.
CNN believes that in addition to congratulating Macron, European leaders should also be wary of the more support Le Pen has won, otherwise the situation may really be different in the next five years.
Previously, Le Pen has repeatedly expressed opposition to the EU's policy, the significance of the existence of the NATO military alliance, and the position of some Western countries led by the United Kingdom and the United States against Russia. She also said in an interview with the media that Europe should bring Russia back to European civilization.
