and france. former president barack obama did inject himself into this election and he threw his endorsement behind emanuel macron. president trump at one point leaned toward la pen even though one of his most recent tweets he said the french election and quote unquote interesting. how will trump be -- how will he be reaching out to macron after this kind of landslide win in terms of how they find common ground? >> i just had a macron spokes person. it is the first word we've had out of the macron headquarters. we had an exsluclusive. she hasn't talked to anybody yells. she said we have to work with the united states. yes, we won. maybe president trump would have preferred marine la pen, but we were elected democratically just as he was and we have to be able to work together to address massive global issues, for instance, the fight against terrorism obviously. but also for instance the french are very, very keen obviously to protect the global climate change of course that was struck right here

he will be france's youngest ever leader. translation: i know that there are disagreements, and i will respect us. disagreements, and i will respect us. and i will be faithful to the others taken. i will protect the republic. but it is a night of defeat for marine le pen. she insists her agenda is now in the political mainstream. translation: i will be at the head of a battle to gather together all those who choose france to protect its freedom, independence, prosperity and security. south korea is also going to the polls to choose a new president. we profile the front runner, who is promising a softer policy on the north. and 82 chibok schoolgirls held by boko haram are freed at last. good morning. it is 7am in singapore and 1am in paris, where emmanuel macron is said to be france's youngest ever president. in a televised address, he said that he understood the anger and anxiety that many voters had expressed. marine le pen claimed her performance was historic, and that france remain divided. early results show that emmanuel

france is not dead, france is not an old country dying. france has hope. but easy it won't be — this is a divided country. marine le pen may have lost an eye, but millions voted for her and herfar right programme. translation: i propose to transform our movement into a new political force, for small french people are calling for and which is more necessary than ever before to rebuild our country. i call on all patriots to join us for a decisive, political battle which begins this evening and will continue in the months ahead. farfrom being defeatist, her supporters were defiant. you are never happy unless you win, of course, but we have got to look at the very good side of this result. we are getting — we have gathered around us, people from outside the party for the protectionist views we have for the programme marine le pen has put forward. supporters of the far—left also took to the streets tonight, some in a violent mood. for them, emmanuel macron is no solution. he is part of the problem, they think, of elitist, big business—minded government.

i am defending france and will find a point of connection. i france. whatever happens. >> don't you think you have a share responsibility in the hatred that is growing in a number of young people in respect to france when you go to algeria accusing france of crimes against humanity. crimes against humanity. that is the most serious crime that can exist. you went, you wants to be president. like to algeria, he went abroad to say france has committed a crime against humanity. so how can you be surprised that the younger people say that since france committed a crime against humanity, against us, why don't we come and make it pay for his crime? don't you think that you have a huge responsibility when you say such things about the hatred at a number of young people have towards the country that they live in or the country that they have a nationality. >> what are you suggesting? the radicalization of young people. >> is very simple, the radicalization must be managed by this cause. once again, we put in and to the association, cultural that have secured ac

france? at about how much resentment in france is there toward germany. germans have been enjoying prosperity for over a decade. emmanuelle: angela merkel is basically seen as the french president, basically. you could see her during the campaign. i do not condone anything that marine le pen would have said, but she did say that in voting for macron, you are also voting for angela merkel. i do not think there is anything wrong about it because we need a onong french-german couple the european scale because that is the core europe you were talking about, the french-german couple, and it needs to be revived, and the two of them need to work together, and i think they are both very much aware of it. macron called merkel right after his victory. the first statement micron -- merkel will do will be for germany, so both know that they are actually the driven part of europe. i was not saying that in any bad way. strong couple is what europe needs right now. but merkel is not perceived as a dominant partner anymore. the french perceived germany as the dominant po

france is only strong if it prospers, france is only a model for the world if it is an example. exemplary and thatis if it is an example. exemplary and that is my second requirement because we will have given back to the french for the future and ready to what they are, the world will pay attention to what transfers because we will be unable to, together, go beyond our fears and anxieties, we will be unable to, together, go beyond ourfears and anxieties, we will, together, give the example of the people which knows how to affirm its values, its principles, which are those of democracy and the republic. the efforts of my predecessors have been remarkable, on those lines, i am thinking of charles de gaulle, who worked to put france back in its position among the nations of the world. and thinking of pompidou who made our country and industrial power, allowing the country to modernise, jacques chirac, who gave us modernise, jacques chirac, who gave us the position of a nation which can say, now, to the pretensions and claims of those who want more. and nicolas sarkozy, who could de

the american seeded french desk france and spain -- france and spain. the revolution would upend the atlantic economy and it would bring tens of thousands of refugees pouring into the united states. this was another lesson that was driven home powerfully over the course of writing this book. it was the importance of the hatians during this -- during this period. to note how the united states was transformed into a global power without incorporating the history of the caribbean. the last thing that i learned is that philadelphia, in completely different ways than i had before. philadelphia was the capital of the united states. it is where the refugees that i was looking at all settled. it was a different city don't what it is today. with a population of about 40,000 people, which is roughly the size of a large american university. not even the top 10 american universities. the city itself was geographically tiny. all of the population was on the banks of the delaware river. it was incredibly dense city. a density of 70,000 people per square, murder. that

france is only strong if it prospers, france is only a model for the world if it is an example. exemplary and thatis if it is an example. exemplary and that is my second requirement because we will have given back to the french for the future and ready to what they are, the world will pay attention to what transfers because we will be unable to, together, go beyond our fears and anxieties, we will be unable to, together, go beyond ourfears and anxieties, we will, together, give the example of the people which knows how to affirm its values, its principles, which are those of democracy and the republic. the efforts of my predecessors have been remarkable, on those lines, i am thinking of charles de gaulle,

france will be respected of its france if it once again generally becomes france with this particular specific voice that it had in the world, because the world is waiting on france and france has lost that special voice, because it's subservient to germany, to u.s. policy, it must therefore regain its independence. i'm sorry to remind you what general de gaulle had imposed on new mexico rusz occasions. the independence of france in the world, in order to secure its under men's, its must not subject itself to the imperialist vision of people, because that creates war. that creates war. the contrary of imperialism is the respect of all nations. i believe france should once again be the state that respects all nations, respects their identity, their culture, respect for -- of their system of political organization, the moralization, the moralizing, moral lessons, great specialty of the socialist party. you lecture the whole world -- not the whole world. that's the problem. there's always double standards. there are those you lecture by morals and those -- >> translator: the same as mr.

france and spain were allied. they had been allied through military and family ties called the bourbon family compact. both kings were descended from louis the 14th. even though they were allied , they had much different goals. the goal of france was to sufficiently weaken britain so it could regain me balance of power it lost during the seven-year war. that had ended just a decade earlier. in that alliance was also spain. spain had also come out badly in the seven years war, and they lost a lot of territory , including florida. spain's primary goal was to regain territory. the french-american alliance of 1778 brought france into the war for the first time, and what that did was bring most importantly the french navy into american waters. any war at this time with britain was always going to be a naval war. remember britannia ruled the , waves. it prevented britain from having the kind of dominance it used to to be able to resupply and move troops around. that knocked them back on their heels but it would not have

there are some 1600 french soldiers stationed, france is the military base outside of france itself. some 4000 soldiers in total are located in west africa, this chad, andi, niger, mauritania. this is part of an operation that was started by former president franÃois hollande. that began the operation, and it is france's largest overseas operation that began in 2014. let's listen in. speaking through translator -- mali has become one of the war,ers of this singular which modern nations are forced against this faceless enemy, a faceless enemy a rather an enemy with a thousand different faces. increasingly attacked our region of the world since one of our great neighbors has been destabilized. so mali has become one of the main targets for terrorism and africa, one of the main battlefields of what may be the new world war, although it is not widely recognized as such. now this faceless enemy, which ask everywhere on the planet, was recently, a a few years ago, almost in a position to completely destabilize mali, our country. now that was a time when president franÃois hollande decide

they are expecting france again to be able to astonish them, for france to be france again. and that is what we shall do. our task is immense, my dear friends. and it will require everyone's commitment. the commitment of our armies, of our armed forces, of our policemen, of all of our public services, your commitment, each of you. elected officials and community associations, leaders, trade unions, wage earners, traders, craftsman, farmers, students, pensioners. our task is immense, and it will require the demand for truth. the courage of truth, that truth that we have carried forward throughout our campaign and that we shall continue carrying forward into the future on your behalf. our task is immense. it will require building already starting tomorrow, a true majority, a strong majority, and majority for change. this is what the country expects to see, what it aspires to, what the country deserves, that majority for change. that is what i'm expecting to see from you for six weeks for now because i will need you again and again. [applause] mr. macron: my fellow citizens, al

france will need you long live the republic. long live france. elizabeth: as you know, we saw the president-elect emmanuel macron was at the podium. when he does start speaking will take those comments life but as you know a new era don's for the french republic. a host of challenges for the 39 -year-old victor. he is expected to come out shortly and we will take those remarks as i mentioned. meanwhile, our foreign affairs correspondent greg joins us in paris with the very latest. i greg mikhail is. things are moving fast. it's been an hour since the polls have closed and were looking at the victory for an eight. a defeat for the far right rival , try nine. he is about to speak at his headquarters just a few blocks from where we are right now. the 15th area of paris and then will be moving on to a big victory celebration in front of the louvre museum. the exit polls have just come out from the various networks show about a 65% margin for emmanuel macron and 35% for marine le pen. voters going for a 39 -year-old moderate, pro- european union, pro-

this is a tradition in france. >> this is a tradition in france. whoever wins the presidency he usually gets a parliamentary majority. we are in a different situation -- his party is a one-year-old with no elected officials, so he will have to reach out to those socialist send republicans who might be enough at the center -- socialists and republicans who might be enough at the center to push through any reforms over the next few months. flexibility to the labor market, but you also have to remember in france, the trade unions are quite powerful. we'll see, depending on how big his majority is, if he manages in june.e he can push through this first reform to reform the labor market in france. we thank you for your reporting this evening from the louvre, and your perspective through the weeks of this election. making a fabulous job of ugly americans smarter. i do not know about the hands of united kingdom guy, but she made the hands of americans smarter kingdom guy,nited but she made the ugly americans smarter. >> tonight was a vote for globalizatio

long live france. [applause] at age 39, emmanuel macron is the youngest person to be elected president of france. he defeated marine le pen with 65% of the vote. here his desk here is his louvre ineech at the paris. it is 15 minutes. ♪ [cheers and applause] mr. macron: thank you, my friends. thank you all, thank you all for being here tonight. and ie tens of thousands can only see a few faces. thank you. thank you for being here. thank you for having fought courageously, steadfastly for so many months because yes, tonight , you one. -- won. france has one tonight. -- won tonight. what we have done for so many unprecedented, has never been seen before. everybody was telling us that it was impossible. but they did not know france. [applause] mr. macron: thank you. thank you for your trust. thank you for your time. thank you for your commitment, all of you. thank you for the risks some of you took, i know. trust places an obligation upon me. i am now the depository of your trust, and i cannot let you do

but they didn't know france! [cheers and applause] [speaking french] >> translator: thank you for your trust, thank you for the time that you've devoted, thank you for your commitments to each and every one of you. thank you for the risks that some of you have taken. i am aware of them. this trust means that i have certain responsibilities, and i am now responsible for not disappointing you, and i have to be capable of through the five years to come to have your spirit, your power -- [cheers and applause] >> translator: your momentum. >> [speaking french] >> translator: i would also like tonight to say a word to the french people who voted for me without necessarily having the same ideas. you committed yourself, and i am aware that we're not just simply talking about something that was easy. i would like to say a word to the french people who simply voted in order to be able to defend the republic. [applause] >> translator: faced with extremism, i know that we have certainties agreements, and i will respect them

in france. end quote. >> absolutely it's a loss for donald trump. donald trump may not have formally endorsed marine he when. but he endorsed her followers, the meetings with nigel farage, the salutes to le pen and this kind of nate vis, jingoistic rhetoric. there was developing a league from trump to some of these other characters around the world that presented as the previous speaker just said a very dark vision of the choices around the world. we heard macron say he would not allow discrimination of anyone within that society. that was a very strong message i felt on the kind of inclusive picture that he represented which is a stark contrast to what we have seen from the donald trumps and marine le pens of the world today. he also put in a comment in there about climate change and standing not only by france but by the community of nations in europe. so he's -- with everyone saying it's hard to peg him, he's an open society guy. he's not a closed society or someone who's going to tolerate di

day, victory in france. vip desk areahe on the square, took his former minister by the arm, and walked them through the ceremony. paternal, very emotional, very solemn. macron gave an interview moments -- the current president given interview saying that he would help macron make his first steps as president. he said that he did not consider emmanuel macron as a traitor having resigned from his government position to run for government. he also confirmed that he would be present on sunday for the ceremony in which macron will be made the new president. macron went back to his party hq in order to start preparing a cabinet. >> james andre reporting. emmanuel macron is pro-europe and pro-globalization. he has said he will serve with humanity, dedication, and determination. he has vowed to fight against division in french society. brian quinn reports. >> from a simple set at his campaign headquarters, emmanuel macron greeted his victory with a solemn acknowledgment of the hard road ahead. >> my responsibility w

the economic crisis hit france. very hard,-- france 2008, 2009. as theylem in france have a regulated economic system , macron wants to change that, le pen also in a different way. the economic issue, how do we get the economy going, how did we get the new generation real choices? how do we help them no longer feel mired like the system is working against them? young people in cosmopolitan centers like paris have a much easier time than the smaller cities, and that is reflected through the support of who supports macron. was worn inuest ukraine, raised in georgia. as you look at your native country, are things more or less stable? alina polyakova: in ukraine, certainly some of the issues we are talking about now are relevant, certainly torn between to the west, globalization, all the things like macron represents, then looking towards the east, towards russia, the not liberal state. things in ukraine are more stable than many would have expected given a major revolution, regime change, ongoing war in the is, occupation of other territories with th

longer france. -- long live france. ♪ emmanuel macron: thank you my friends. thank you all for being here tonight. thousands, i can only see a few basis. thank you. thank you for being here. foughtou for having courageously, steadfastly for so many months. you one -- yo u won, france has won tonight. for so many done is unprecedented. it has never been seen before. everybody was telling us it was impossible. but they didn't know france. thank you. thank you for your trust. thank you for your time. thank you for your commitment. all of you. thank you for the risks some of you took. i know. that trust places an obligation on me. i cannot let you down. i must rise to your expectations. for the next five years, i must carry your enthusiasm forward. that enthusiasm that you represent here. say to all of i the french people who voted from a without leaving in our ideas, you made a commitment. , anow that this is not just rain check. a blank check. it is not a blank check to me. do -- tell you that i can i will do everything i can in order to defend the republic. i k

not just france. >> all right. let's now listen in to president-elect of france, emanuel macron. >> translator: thank you, friends. [ cheers ] thank you for being here this evening. tens of thousands of you, and so many faces. thank you. thank you for being here, for having fought, struggled with courage, benevolence, over so many months. because, yes, tonight you won. france won. [ cheers ] what we have done for months and months now has no precedent, nor equivalence. everybody told us it was impossib impossible. but they didn't know france! [ cheers ] thank you. thank you for your trust. thank you for the time which you gave, for your commitment. thank you for the risks taken by some of you. i know what they are. this trust obliges me to carry through. i am the depository of that trust.disappoint you and to be equal to the task and to make sure that the tremendous impetus that you represent will be carried through my five years mandate. [ cheers and applause ] i want also this evening to say a word for those fren

the france you defend is not friends. -- not france. french employees will have to fight for their jobs, companies will have to fight against one another in order to have the lowest wages or the longest working time in order to preserve markets -- it is not at all my vision. i believe once again in solidarity. i think that france is a nation with the culture, with a people, is the hope oft being able to continue in conditions that are respectful conditions, to trade with other nations of the world, to restore diplomacy. france was thrown into chaos by your friends. although those that are supporting you in this presidential campaign who more or less have a responsibility to bear for the current situation. it is time to put things back in wonder and make the choice for france, this territory that you want to lead. thank you ms. le pen. macron, your: mr. have more than two minutes, but please stay within exactly the allotted time. minutes without interrupting each other to wrap up. this was randomized. say no.lator: we toask you -- your t

where does this put france? this is a man who we don't know politically what he will do. >> that may be true, but internationally he will have to accept the treaties and the bonds that we have as a nation. it's not in france's best interest to distance themselves with united states or nato's before i made the comments earlier that i don't know if this doesn't signal the same status quo. he doesn't have a parliamentary apparatus. they have their big parliament elections coming up in 30 or 45 days. without that, not to get too deep into french politics, that just means it doesn't change much for the people of france. >> maybe not in the close time that we have between parliament elections, but there's two challenges. one is to build a government but also to build a government for himself as an executive's. that's the same challenge donald trump had. he's an outsider and building his government and has the same challenge the french leader will have before he is getting some things done though. we will see if the fr

he wants to modernise france. you observe just a couple of years ago that the country is uncompetitive at the moment. hardly surprisingly you said public expenditure amounts to 55% of gdp. where will the macron axe fall on the public sector, to bring it down to size? well, you are perfectly right. we have to reduce the public sector, and we will do it step—by—step. our goal is to reduce the public spending, to lose three or four points during the five years, because it is not something that you can change in one night. but, the goal is absolutely clear, to reduce public spending and make some economies in some sectors, to save money in some sectors, but also to invest in order to have the possibility, for example, to modernise and have more digital administrations... this is not an easy task... so reducing expenditure will help you to redirect some of the money into more productive things? first of all, yes — and also to have a less of a burden on french society in terms of local authorities and social expen

greece gets a solution, france gets reform. italy remains the only company without -- country without reform. i think these are the consequences. tom: how do i make money in the next four days? >> i think people look at these consequences. europe is generally doing well. greece is getting closer to a solution. these are trans. some bubbles are coming under the magnifier. are we going to start to see spreads coming in? will they blowout again? is this a short term window the we see tightening? , when the ecb tapirs and we see that happen in september, the environment will not be as good. now, you want to look at the flows, where the japanese are going to come back to the market. if they do, that has narrowing pressure and the benefits. bcp has lagged in that move. that continues because the focus has shifted from france to italy. it's a bit premature. the action may not be coming before next year. they are pushing more about the political situation in italy. guy: thank you very much indeed for your time. tom: thank you. guy: up

's jobs at making france market more flexible. europe's --in easing europe's migrant crisis will be one of the big challenges facing the new president. today, 200 people drowned as another boat sank on the way to europe from libya. they found a smuggler hiding among the refugees. reporter: exhausted, refugees are brought to shore after a dangerous journey. they're among 7500 people rescued in the mediterranean in the past five days. many others are feared dead. >> we're still trying to get more information. we will see if there are survivors of this incident. this tragedy brings the total number of people dead from the beginning of the year to more than 1150. libya's: separately, coast guard picked up survivors over the weekend. they said they had been on a boat packed with 150 people. babies, washedng up on the libyan beach. people fleeing war and poverty pay a high price and risk of their lives. >> so heavy. and materials. reporter: migrant arrivals to italy by cr up nearly 30% this -- by sea are up 30% this year. syrians are am

now, france has doubted itself. he said hisjob decades now, france has doubted itself. he said his job was to give the french people confidence in themselves. he said the power of france is not declining. we are on the edge of a great renaissance, he said. a lot of fine words, of course. as you tend to get at inauguration speeches but there is a lot of hard work to do and he knows starting off with the national assembly parliamentary elections, he needs to get a majority there. to help him effectively rule france. a tall order with his new movement, en marche, he only created a year or so ago, scrambling to get candidates for the national assembly elections. that is one of his jobs, he needs to form a government. we are hearing that he will appoint a prime minister probably tomorrow, and a new government on tuesday. he is off to see chancellor tee of germany shortly as well, because he is, as we have been hearing, a very committed pro—european, who not only wa nts to committed pro—european, who not only wants to

translation: france one. what we have done for so many months, there is no comparison or equivalent to that. —— retra three. people said to us that. —— retra three. people said to us it was impossible. —— won. but they did not know anything about france. his opponent, marine le pen, was beaten. but she secured ii million votes, a third of those cast. and she said the fact that she made it to the right of meant that her party should now be seen as the official opposition. emmanuel macron‘s election is seen to be a rejection of the populist wave that marine le pen represented. above all, it is a win for the liberals. emmanuel macron has said he will work to strengthen the eu. and eu leaders have rushed to congratulate him. they see emmanuel macron as giving the eu new evidence. so does this mean that the uk about to engage in brexit will be facing a strength and eu 7 engage in brexit will be facing a strength and eu? —— strengthened. here is how world leaders reacted to the result on social me

first of all, this election does have implications not just for france and france's economy but also the european union. with marine le pen, the idea was that france would hold a referendum, possibly leave the european union, leaving europe with many questions about the possible future of the european project itself. european capitals, you could almost hear a sigh of relief. macron was the most pro-european candidate. also, there are consequences for the wider world. france is a member of the security council, the united nations, a member of the g7. the other reason the world was watching is that in a sense, george, this has very much been the continuation of a battle of ideas that began during the american presidential election between on one hand a new sort of closeness, a populist surge that brings to power people who want to close borders, retreat behind them, call themselves -- pull themselves away from international organizations, or on the other hand, and this is very much what emmanuel macron incarnated, the idea that we need more openness, more globalization, more openness t

rules, and have france revert from the euro to the franc. they also want this familiar sight seen all over paris, the french flag alongside the multi- starred e.u. flag, to be a thing of the past. aren't there any benefits of being in the european union that you are worried about losing? what about freedom to travel? >> before the european union, you can go where you want. a lot of people say, oh, it takes a lot of time to the border. okay, one minute more. one minute! >> ( translated ): not to close the borders, of course, but to regulate them. to be able to manage our currency, devalue it if we want to. and to have weapons against globalization. >> reporter: le pen says restricting immigration will protect france from terrorism, cheap foreign labor and save french culture itself. >> i'm against massive immigration, of course. and actually, we've seen some parts in france-- and some parts close to paris, especially-- where people don't speak anymore french together. they don't celebrate french national days. so, they don't want to be french

i am defending france. i defend france, whatever happens. don't you think you share the responsibility in the hatred that is growing accusing france of crimes against humanity, crimes against humanity. that is the most serious crime that can exist. you went. you who wants to be president. you went to algeria. you went abroad to say france has committed a crime against humanity. how can you be surprised that the of people say that since france crime -- committed a crime against humanity, why don't we make them pay for their crimes? you have a huge responsibility when you say things about the hatred that a number of young people have towards the country that they live in or some other country of which they have a nationality. >> what you are suggesting on the fight against the radicalization of young people? >> it's very simple. radicalization must be managed by the courts. once again, we put an end to all the association, sports, cultural, that have spread across our territory with the support of local elected representatives. >> so you would

,nd france off furstenberg author of "when the united oftes spoke france," author history at johns hopkins university. his parents, are the furstenbergs here? if you have ever shopped on connecticut at furst, it is furstenberg. please welcome rosemarie zagarri, larrie ferreiro, and rinse off furstenberg. [applause] prof. zagarri: good evening. i am rosemarie zagarri from george mason university. we are thrilled see you all here tonight. for this wonderful program. the first item is to let you know it will not be in french. [laughter] maybe you're disappointed but maybe you are pleased. in any case, what we would like to do first is have -- each of for athors speak to you few minutes about their books and give you a general sense about what they talk about in their books. we will be talking among ourselves, and try and give you a good understanding of some of the issues that they discuss. these are issues that you may not have thought about, because when we think about early america, the post-revolutionary period, we tend to think primarily about england and the new united states. this disc

sees france next. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: live pictures from washington, d.c. tom, does it make you feel homesick? homesick, but it is probably a little bit warm there. they conversation with our chief washington correspondent. guy: let's talk to kevin about what is going on. kevin, we are obsessed with what is happening with the french political developments which in so many ways are a transformation of a political culture that we have also been replicated. first of all, i am fascinated the president of the united states effectively backs marine le pen. i want your take of how washington's all that and whether or not it is perceived as a mistake this morning to have gone so far and waded so for in and the way the president of with the brexit vote as well? kevin: that is the comparison being made. i think president trump tweeting of the congratulations yesterday really did send a signal they're going to try to work with the incoming administration. again, this is also the president who had been --

what is the reaction there in france? >> reporter: a great deal of excitement on one hand but worry as well. he knows the weight that is on his shoulders, part of which is simply the expectations that now exist, at least amongst the 66% of the french electorate who voted for him. now the president-elect will carry out his first official engagement this morning. he will be arriving here with the current president, francois hollande, to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier, marking the 22nd anniversary of the victory over europe in 1945, the end of world war ii. the two men, it will be impressive watching them come here to lay this wreath, not only because it will be emmanuel macron's first real official engagement after last night's celebration, but also because it isn't simply that he saw off the far right last night, dave. he also along the way of this very improbable political adventure of his saw off both the mainstream right and mainstream left here in france, amongst which the socialist party of francois h

france is not dead. france is not an old country dying. that easy it will not be. this is a divided country. marine le pen might have lost a night, but millions voted for a and herfar—right night, but millions voted for a and her far—right programme. translation: i propose to transform oui’ translation: i propose to transform our movement into a new political force. a force more french people are calling for and is more necessary than ever before to rebuild a country. i call on all patrons tojoin us rebuild a country. i call on all patrons to join us for decisive political battle, which begins this evening and will continue in the months ahead. far from being defeatist, her supporters were defiant. you are never happy unless you win, of course, but we have to look at the very good sides of this result. we have gathered around us people from outside our party fought the protectionist views we have and for the programmer in the pen has put forward. supporters of the far left also took to the streets of night, some in a violent mood. —— the programme marine

the right leaning paper in france says they hope macron will succeed in bringing prosperity into france and politico said it was a sunny and modest inauguration noting the transition of power was a clear signal from francois hollandee a that macron is a political heir and will lessen hollande leaving office without contesting a second term and being the most unpopular president on terms. >> develte admire him. >> there are no words to describe his ascension to power and note even the weather seemed to smile down on him yesterday and noting other details like the choice of vehicle or the first lady's ress that were all chosen with symbolism, chose to send a message and the paper hailed the importance macron is giving to the german relationship. he's meeting with angela merkel in berlin and notably lies in the appointment of a french ambassador to berlin as macron's diplomatic advisor. >> let's go to india where the horrific rape and murder of a young woman once again put in the spotlight of women's rights in yained. >> let me quote the words of the mother, she says, i would ask everyone

it's a bit chilly in france. i do want to know if you've picked up any friends aside from the actual croissant and baguette and french champagne? >> the lasting impression? >> i think mr. macron is an incredible journey as an investment banker, making a fortune in four straight years, becoming an economy adviser. and now he's become president of france. it's an incredible turn of events. it continues on this path. who know what is he can achieve. he said last night the world will be astonished by france. i hope so. >> of course, enormous challenges domestically and internationally ahead for messer macron. >> that's it for today's show. i'm carolin roth, "worldwide exchange" is up next. we'll see you tomorrow. bye-bye. ♪ >>> good morning. macron wins the political outsider defeats marine le pen in the french presidential race sending the euro in a six-month high. we're live on the ground in paris, straight ahead. >>> from buffett, from wells fargo, to trump to taxes, shareholder meeting coming up. >>> plus, deal

that's the france i want. that's the france that resembles us. >> we can jump right into the debate. mrs. pen you believe the current labor laws are holding back employment. whereas, mr. macron, a few minutes for you. >> the problem with france for 30 years has been the unemployment rate. we have had mass unemployment. we're the only country that has not succeeded inputting an end to this high -- youth unemployment is very high and in the face of this, we must give to our small and medium size enterprises the pausesability of creating more jobs of adapting to economic sielkcycles. i want simplicity, the right to creating mistakes. it's a reform i will introduce this summer. when the government administration controls. it must support and explain. small and medium size businesses are the main complexity and i want to get rid of for self employed and independent workers the social contributions. i want the labor law not to be the same determined boo ia law which is too ridged. i want a labor law that can revert

quite simple, the future of france and the future of europe. we have two different, contrasting, polarised views of france, one outward—looking, pro—european, pro—globalisation. and the other, inward looking, not to say backward looking, much more protectionist france. you could not have had a more polarised second—round that what we have had in the last two weeks. in the last few minutes, i was given the latest official turnout figures by the interior ministry. these were at five o'clock, so, not long ago. 65.3% turnout at this stage, where in 2012, it was nearly 72%. so, a significant drop. would you read much into that? i would read something into it. there's clearly something into it. there's clearly some voters who have not been mobilised. 0ne some voters who have not been mobilised. one interesting aspect about macron‘s vote is that a lot of people were intending to vote for him, but only to block le pen. and clearly some people are not bothering to vote at all because they are not interested in either candidate. certainly, many

france -- big part of he needs to find a way to bring france together. he talks about europe and globalization. that is not going to regulate to those people. succeed, then 2022 isn't really far away. jonathan: he was also the former chairman of publicist live. >> thank you for having me. why can emmanuel macron proved to be different as the president of france? >> i don't think we can compare them. emmanuel macron is a young talented man and he is not a political leader by carrier so he has nothing to lose. dohink today he will have to two jobs at the same time for the next six weeks. at the same time, he will have to make some quick winds to fix a very important issue. spending makes up a large proportion of that. when they start striking, how does he react? >> france, people say it is always an unmanageable country. i know many of them are coming right and coming from the left. they decided to vote for him -- [no audio] >> emmanuel macron has shown that they definitely wanted a change. they don't the old guard to be running the country again. prime mi

and france and potentially the rest of the european union with france? >> well, look, this is going to be interesting because it was quite clear that president trump probably saw marine la pen as a soul sister. there was a lot of tweeting that went on. there was a lot of his advisers and others, like steve bannon and breitbart and all the others actually throwing their weight behind marine la pen. because they saw it as a continuation of this so-called populace movement. and even in the last few days, nigel farage of britain threw his support behind marine la pen too. it's important he stayed away from her for a long time. >> you're hearing potentially the cheers of what we're hearing is that estimates show that macron -- stims aestimates are that macron has won. that's the final consensus from the estimates we're hearing. perhaps that is why you're hearing the cheers there. >> she's trying to figure out from people around you. >> we're seeing the cheers, but we're hearing boos because marine la pen's face has just come on the face and an ally of hers ju

we'll talk about that politico reporter karen france, every political party here in france is essentially having to reinvent this. >> absolutely. i think that the biggest questions are for the national front party, which fought really hard at this election and came up short, despite having people -- having favorable conditions, they're going through a lot of soul searching starting today, they'll have to reconfigure quite extensively if they want a chance in these elections, they've given a few hints already about what they might have done wrong and what they might change in order to have a wider appeal and one of the big questions for them is do they continue to be so europe row skeptic. do they continue to propose withdraw from the european union. one of the most unpopular proposals today we've got senior nationals saying it's time to re-evaluate these things. >> the far right populace are thinking how do we reinvite ourselves and how do we redefine our political offer. >> absolutely. i think that's the diagnosis that cannot be avoided today and over the next few weeks. we've seen marin

this report on polling day in france, is by our europe correspondent damian grammaticas. in france, is by our europe there in france, is by our europe is some flash photograj coming there is some flash photography coming up. a cheer this morning for the man promising optimism for france. he's just 39 years old, a nervous moment, hovering on the brink of the presidency. a nervous moment, hovering emmanuel macron's is an extraordinary political story. a year ago, a rank outsider. an extraordinary political story. the collapse of france's main parties and his message open internationalists, pro—eu have propelled his rise. it's done, he said. pro—eu have propelled his rise. now it's up to fate. pro—eu have propelled his rise. france's election has exposed the same fault lines that have riven other western countries. the same fault lines that have riven on one side, there's comfortable with globalisation. on the other, there's anxious, angry, faced by a changing world. his rival, marine le pen appeals to them. this was another shock of this election. france's far right leader in the f