PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron will win a second term in office.
That's the projection Sunday from French polling agencies as well as Macron's far-right rival, Marine Le Pen.
The French presidential race has been overshadowed by the war in Ukraine and a surge in French support for extremist ideas.
If the projections are borne out by official results, Macron would be the first French president in 20 years to win a second term.
Le Pen has already conceded defeat, but called the results “a shining victory” for her far-right ideas.
Polling agencies projected that Macron will win at least 57% of the runoff vote, with Le Pen getting over 41.5%.
Macron still faces a divided nation and a battle to keep his parliamentary majority in France's legislative election in June.
