An early set of projected votes have shown that Emmanuel Macron has
been elected the next president of France following a heated race between
him and far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
Macron is believed to have won the election taking 65.5 per cent of
the vote, compared to the 34.5 per cent won by Le Pen.
A turnout of just 65.3 per cent of people was recorded at five o’clock in the evening, an hour before the polls closed.
Macron is a staunch supporter of LGBT rights and equality, having dedicated an entire section of his manifesto to addressing issues that the LGBT community faces.
The newly elected president, who is the youngest president to ever be
elected in France, has pledged to end everyday homophobia as well as
work place anti-LGBT discrimination.
He has also promised to defend equal marriage, a legislation that
Macron has deemed “an enrichment of what the family is in France that
shows its importance to all of us”.
His anti-LGBT opponent, Le Pen, had promised to abolish the law that created marriage equality in the country, burying the policy in a manifesto of 144 pledges.
She also outlined plans to restrict access to fertility services and prevent gay couples from having children.
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