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Germany congratulates Macron's win in French election

Xinhua, May 7, 2017 Adjust font size:

The German government on Sunday congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his victory in the French presidential election.

German Chancellor's spokesman Steffen Seibert hailed Macron's win as a "victory for a strong and united Europe".

"Your victory is a victory for a strong and united Europe and for French-German friendship," tweeted Seibert both in French and German.

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel also praised the successful election, tweeting that France "was, is and remains in the middle and at the heart of Europe".

Macron won Sunday's runoff vote of the French presidential election, defeating his far-right rival Marine Le Pen, according to polling agency projections issued after the vote.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel had previously expressed her support to the like-minded Macron, since they both stood for a consistent, pro-European policy.

Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron won Sunday's runoff vote of the French presidential election, defeating his far-right rival Marine Le Pen, according to polling agency projections issued after the vote.

An estimation by research firm Elabe for BFMTV show that Macron won the presidential race with 65.9 percent of votes, while Le Pen scored 34.1 percent.

Other estimations also indicate that Macron garnered between 65 to 66.1 percent of votes, and Le Pen between 33.9 to 35 percent.

The results will make the 39-year-old former minster of economy the eighth president of the French Fifth Republic, and the youngest one ever. Endit