The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Paris, France: President-elect Emmanuel Macron poses with supporters after a ceremony to mark the bicentennial anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. Photo: Eric Feferberg/AP.

Reconstruction Era

Paris, France: The President-elect, Emmanuel Macron, left, and the outgoing President, François Hollande, walk side by side during a ceremony to mark the end of the World War II, at the Arc de Triomphe. Photo: Stephane de Sakutin/AP.

Central European Time (CET)

At the same hour agencies announced that the progressist Emmanuel Macron has won the French Presidency in a decisive victory over his far-right opponent, and vowed to unite a divided and fractured France. Photo: Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters.

Star Ferry to Paris

香港 (Hong Kong), China: French citizens queue to register at a polling station. Photo: Dale de la Rey/AFP/Getty Images.

Eurostar London–Paris

French voters queue at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle primary school in South Kensington, London, England to cast their vote in today’s French Presidential Election. Photo credit: SWNS.

A gentleman always lights a lady’s cigarette first

“Madame Le Pen, talk about YOUR programme, not mine”, En Marche! leader Emmanuel Macron coolly said to her opponent as she was rabidly attacking him in what will be remembered as one of the most dramatic presidential debates in the political history of France. Photo: AP/Christophe Ena.

Autant en emporte le vent

Emmanuel Macron kisses his wife Brigitte Trogneux as he arrives on stage at the Parc des Expositions to deliver his speech. Photo: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters.

The Call of the Heart

Anti-fascist demonstrators in Nantes, France with flares. Photo: Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP/Getty Images.

Arcovazzi could not cast his vote because of his own racial laws

A dog waits outside a booth as its owner casts his vote in Caen, France. Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images.

Champs-Élysées

The presidential election candidate for the En Marche! (“On The Move”) movement, Emmanuel Macron, speaking to the press on Sunday after voting in Le Touquet in northern France. Photo: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images.