French presidential elections: Emmanuel Macron wins; world leaders react

French presidential elections: The 44-year-old president pledged to reunite the country and to respond to the anger of voters who supported his rival and leader of National Rally Party Marine Le Pen

French presidential elections: French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday was re-elected at the presidential elections, after defeating his far-right rival Marine Le Pen of National Rally Party.

According to the projections by polling firms, Centrist Macron won the second round of the presidential elections with 58.55 per cent votes, while the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen managed to gather 41.45 per cent votes.

With this victory, Macron has become the first French president to win a second term in two decades, while Le Pen's result showed the best-ever performance by the far-right in French elections.

The 44-year-old