Macron, 39, a former economy minister an independent  ran as a “neither left nor right”  promising to shake up the French political system, took 66% to Le Pen’s 34%.

I’m addressing all of you tonight, all France together. I will defend France and I will defend Europe – #MacronPresident

US President tweeted and congratulated Macron winning President election.Macron defeats far right LE PEN.

Germany heaved a sigh of relief after liberal candidate Emmanuel Macron won France’s Presidential election. Chancellor Angela Merkel had emphatically thrown her support behind Macron against his far-right and anti-EU challenger Marine Le Pen, aware that the very existence of the European Union was at stake in the vote.

Markel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert writing on Twitter said Macron’s win is a victory for a strong and united Europe and for French-German friendship. Macron shares Merkel’s commitment to the EU bloc, which has been deeply shaken by Britain’s decision to quit. The president-in-waiting, who positions himself as a centrist, has also campaigned on the type of sweeping changes to the French economy that Berlin had long championed and implemented more than a decade ago.