French election result: Macron defeats Le Pen and vows to unite divided France
He triumphs over his far-right rival and becomes the first president to win re-election in 20 years. …
Mr Castex is now likely to be replaced in the next few days, and Mr Macron may ask Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne to take over. She refused to say whether she had been lined up to be the next prime minister, insisting that the focus had to be on dealing with people’s worries about living standards. But a ministerial colleague, Clément Beaune, said the president was definitely keen on having a female prime minister.
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