French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at his inauguration ceremony at the Élysée PalacePARIS, May 7.French President Emmanuel Macron, re-elected for a second term, pledged in his first speech since his inauguration to work tirelessly to make France a more independent nation and to provide a «French and European response to the challenges of our century.» Macron officially re-assumed head of state on Saturday for five years. The inauguration ceremony was held at the Elysee Palace. About 450 people were invited to it, among them ex-presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy. This is the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic that two former heads of state are present at the celebration. Also among the guests are members of the current government, prominent politicians, heads of major state institutions, mayors of cities, French Nobel Prize winners and others. emergency. «Rarely has our world and our country faced such a combination of challenges… The people of France have chosen a clear project for the future, a republican and European project, a project for independence in a destabilized world, a project for scientific, social and environmental progress,» Macron said in his opening speech. as re-elected president. Macron thanked his predecessors, Hollande and Sarkozy, who were present at the inauguration ceremony. extended the presidential mandate that began on May 14, 2017. This is a new people who have entrusted a new presidential mandate to a new president … It will be necessary to work tirelessly to become a more independent nation, to live better and build our French and European response to the challenges of our century «, — said the new head of state. On April 24, the second round of the presidential elections took place in France. The incumbent President Macron and the leader of the far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, fought for the post of head of state. According to the final data of the French Constitutional Council, Macron received 58.55% of the vote, Le Pen — 41.45%.
