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France: Hollow victory for pro-capitalist Macron

The election of the pro-EU, neo-liberal candidate Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the French Presidential election has lifted the the spirits of the capitalist class internationally. He decisively beat the far-right Front National (FN) candidate Marine Le Pen, gaining 65.8% of the vote to Le Pen’s 34.2%.