Macron faces rockier second term in troubled France

PARIS --- Now comes the hard part. Emmanuel Macron may have seen off far-right leader Marine Le Pen, but his second term could be even rockier than the first with mounting political opposition and boiling social discontent. As his supporters savored a hard-earned reelection at a rally by the Eiffel Tower on Sunday, Macron acknowledged in his victory speech that many people who voted for him did so to block Le Pen and not because they support his ideas. "No one will be left by the wayside," Macron said, flanked by his wife Brigitte. "This next era will not be the same as the last mandate, we will invent a new way of doing things together, for a better five years." The n...

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