Emmanuel Macron beat the anti-euro nationalist Marine Le Pen in France\u2019s presidential election.
\nMacron, a 39-year-old centrist, leads Le Pen by about 65 percent to 35 percent, according to the estimates of four separate pollsters. The firms sampled real votes as they were being counted and weighted their results to reflect the composition of the French electorate. Their projections were all within 1 percentage point.
\nLe Pen conceded defeat in a televised statement.
\nThe victory will prove a relief for markets after a campaign that saw bond yields fluctuate in tandem with the fortunes of Le Pen\u2019s bid to take France out of the euro.
\nA pro-European globalist, Macron will have to unite a divided France after one of the most bitter and turbulent elections of modern times. His challenge will be to end years of high unemployment and sluggish growth, deal with the terrorist threat that has traumatized the country and, ultimately, restore faith in the political establishment
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