At a victory party outside the Louvre Museum in Paris, Mr Macron supporters roared with delight at the news, waving red, white and blue tricolour flags. The National Front has, as Marine Le Pen noted in conceding defeat, become the country's leading opposition force, no longer just a basket of deplorables agitating on the fringes.
PARIS French President-elect Emmanuel Macron told a victory rally on Sunday that it was essential to build up a parliamentary majority in order to carry out much-needed changes for France.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken with Emmanuel Macron to congratulate him on his election as the next president of France.
"France - a friend, neighbor and strategic partner of Spain - will actively contribute to the advancement and reinforcement of the European Union in a key moment of its history", wrote Rajoy in a congratulatory message to Macron.
"Europe dodges a bullet here", said Paul Christopher, head global market strategist for Wells Fargo Investment Institute.
"(This) testifies to the lucidity of the voters who rejected the deadly project of the extreme right", he said, adding that voters also showed they embrace the EU.
But many French voters backed Mr Macron reluctantly, not because they agree with his politics but simply to keep out Ms Le Pen and her far-right National Front.
When he moves into the Elysee Palace after his inauguration next weekend, Macron will become the eighth - and youngest - president of France's Fifth Republic.
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Macron, 39, a former Socialist economy minister and one-time banker who ran as an independent, was all smiles and petted a black dog as he stepped out of his vacation home to vote.
His mention of Ms Le Pen drew loud boos, and he said he would do all he could to ensure in future there would be no reason to vote for extremism. She hinted on Sunday that she could rename her party, to broaden its appeal and prepare for the next battle in June's legislative elections.
As New York contributor Heather Hurlburt highlights in her sobering post-election warning to France's liberals, both abstention and blank-ballot rates among French voters reached historic highs on Sunday, and the politically inexperienced Macron now has to try to cajole political unity within France if he hopes to have any real power moving forward. In her concession speech, she announced plans to form a new political movement, in alliance with Mr Dupont-Aignan and others. But there is no doubt the party will have more political influence than ever.
France's election authority said publishing the documents could be a criminal offence, a warning flouted by Macron's opponents and far-right activists online.
Macron spoke by phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom he hopes to revitalise the Franco-German axis at the heart of the European Union, saying he planned to visit Berlin shortly.
Separately, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel welcomed Macron's win for keeping France "at the heart of Europe".
Donald Trump tweeted: "Congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on his big win today as the next President of France. But they didn't know France". He also wants to make France's 35-hour work week more flexible, and slash housing taxes for most people. His wife, Brigitte, joined him on stage after his address. But the exact date hasn't yet been set.
Mr Macron will attend his first official event as president-elect on Monday by Mr Hollande's side at the commemoration of the Second World War Victory Day.
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