Le Pen Concedes Defeat To Macron In France's Post-Hack Election

“France has voted for continuity,” candidate Marine Le Pen said in the wake of her defeat in France’s election, conceding that Emmanuel Macron had a decisive lead. Reuters has ongoing coverage of Le Pen’s concession phone call and reactions from world leaders. “France Rejects Far Right,” read a the headline at CNN, publishing their own live updates and early results showing Macron with a 65.9% to 34.1% lead, “on course for a decisive win.” Macron is schedule to speak at the Louvre museum (where the grounds were “briefly evacuated” this morning after discovery of a suspicious bag.)

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