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#LIVE 🔴 Emmanuel #Macron will be inaugurated for a second term as France's president with a ceremony at the Elysée Palace on Saturday 🇫🇷

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#LIVE 🔴: #EmmanuelMacron arrives at the #presidentialinauguration.

The President of the Constitutional Council, Laurent Fabius, declares that #Macron won an absolute majority in April's presidential elections 🇫🇷🗳️

#LIVE 🔴: President of the Constitutional Council, Laurent Fabius, says many challenges await #EmmanuelMacron during his upcoming term 🇫🇷🗳️

They include the war in Ukraine and security challenges to Europe, climate change and the “challenges to democracy and social justice” ⤵️

#LIVE 🔴: #EmmanuelMacron receives the Legion of Honour which is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil 🇫🇷

#LIVE 🔴: #EmmanuelMacron begins his speech by noting that “the French people have entrusted me with a new term” 🇫🇷

Both France and Europe will have to commit to preventing an escalation of the conflict in eastern Europe, promoting democracy and combating climate change ⤵️

🔴 “The French people have entrusted me,” with a second mandate, says Macron 🇫🇷

“I know I have to live up to it. It’s a fragile trust, our values of liberty is under challenge,” Macron says before ending his speech ⤵️

🔴🇫🇷 Macron's keynote speech focused on his goals for the country, including stability in Europe, taking on global responsibilities that include security in eastern Europe and climate change.

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🔴🇫🇷 Following his keynote speech, #Macron is congratulated by some of the gathered guests, including former French presidents François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy.

🔴🇫🇷 How did Emmanuel #Macron's keynote speech differ from the one in 2017? Our reporter @cntrentF24 explains from the Élysée Palace ⤵️

@cntrentF24 🔴🇫🇷 Macron’s short inauguration speech was aimed at rallying together a divided nation, explains FRANCE 24’s political commentator Philip Turle.

The speech was focused on presenting a “vision of France, a rallying call to the nation to come together,” says Turle ⤵️

@cntrentF24 🔴 Historian of Modern France, Sec of
@FrenchHistoryUK, @smidbob, spoke to FRANCE 24 about why Macron has become such a polorising figure in France 🇫🇷

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@cntrentF24 @FrenchHistoryUK @smidbob #LIVE 🔴: #Macron is now receiving a 21 cannon salute fired from the Invalides military memorial complex 🇫🇷

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@cntrentF24 @FrenchHistoryUK @smidbob #LIVE 🔴: The 21-canon salute is followed by the French National Anthem called the "La Marseillaise" played on the Elysée Palace grounds as the newly re-inaugurated President Macron and his guests listen on ⤵️

@cntrentF24 @FrenchHistoryUK @smidbob 🔴: The 21-canon salute is a French tradition dating back to the Middle Ages, explains FRANCE 24’s political commentator Philip Turle.

"The 21-gun salute is a sign of respect for a newly elected leader" ⤵️

@cntrentF24 @FrenchHistoryUK @smidbob 🔴🇫🇷 The presidential inauguration has ended and Macron can begin a new five-year term filled with international and domestic challenges.

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