France divided: what does fractured vote mean for Macron’s second term?

Analysis: Vote map shows large swathes of country backing Le Pen, potentially boding ill for victorious incumbent

Whichever way you cut it - and as obvious as the observation may sound - the runoff vote that returned Emmanuel Macron to the Elysee Palace for a second term, with a score of 58.5% to Marine Le Pen's 41.5%, showed France to be a divided country.

But it's complicated.