39-Year-Old Emmanuel Macron Sworn In As France President

Emmanuel Macron has been officially sworn in as the President of France.


Emmanuel Macron,39,who was a former investment
banker, and has promised to
restore France's global
standing, officially becomes
the country's youngest
president at the age of 39.

President Macron said at the
elaborate Élysée Palace
ceremony;

"My mandate will give the French back the confidence to believe in
themselves," He vowed to see the EU
"reformed and relaunched"
during his time in office. He takes over from François
Hollande, whose five-year
term was plagued by high
unemployment figures. Mr Macron, who was proclaimed France's new
president a week after his resounding victory over the National
Front's Marine le
Pen, with 66% of the vote in the run-off poll, had never
contested an election before
and only formed his centrist
political movement a year
ago.