Word Count: 969With counting still under way, projections by France’s five main pollsters put Macron on course to win more than 57% of the vote in Sunday’s runoff compared with 42% for Le Pen. The nationalist leader conceded defeat in a speech to her supporters in Paris.The 44-year-old Macron becomes the first incumbent to win a second term since Jacques Chirac two decades ago.
“The result in itself represents a stunning victory,” Le Pen said, before leading her supporters in a chorus of the national anthem. “Millions of people voted for the national camp and for change.” Macron’s challenge over the next five years will be to heal those rifts and muster support for his plans to make the country more competitive byThat won’t be easy. France has one of the sharpest urban-rural