What Macron's Victory in France Means for the European Union
The bloc is probably celebrating Macron's win in France, and other recent electoral developments, but it has reasons to worry.
Three elections across Europe in the past week have given the European Union reasons for joy, optimism, schadenfreude—and also plenty of cause for worry.
The joy came from Emmanuel Macron’s in Sunday’s second round presidential election in France. Although the independent centrist’s win was never really in doubt, the margin of victory—65 percent versus 35 percent for Marine Le Pen, the candidate of the far right—will buoy an EU that has been buffeted by waves of populism since the 2008 economic crisis, culminating last late Friday of documents purportedly from Macron’s campaign—some genuine, others not—derail his campaign.
