On this day - 7 May
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
Macron becomes French President
On May 7th 2017 Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election and, at age 39, became the youngest President of France in history. He founded a political party in 2016 with pro-European policies. Macron feels his party unites the left and right wing of politics in a progressive movement to modernise France. The party was initially called "En Marche" but has since been named "Renaissance". It was under this political party he ran for election in 2017 and won a majority.
He was reelected in 2022 but wasn't able to win a majority the second time resulting in a hung parliament leading to formation of a minority government.
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