Emmanuel Macron is sworn in as French president for a second term amidst increasing polarisation in the country
Emmanuel Macron was sworn in for his second term as France's president promising to act with"respect" and"consideration."
In a country where presidents rarely get re-elected, Macron won 58.5 percent of the votes in the second round against the far-right's Marine Le Pen, despite strong opposition to his pro-business policies and a proposal to raise the retirement age. Among the 500 guests present were former presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy, former prime ministers Edouard Philippe, Manuel Valls, Alain Juppe and Jean-Pierre Raffarin, as well as religious leaders and other state figures.
A newly united political left - a coalition formed between Hollande's Socialist Party, the hard-left La France Insoumise party, the Greens, and the Communist Party - is hoping to deprive Macron of a majority in the June 12-19 parliamentary vote.
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