Emmanuel Macron elected in France - Centre holds, but for how long more?

One of the first functions attended by France’s president-elect Emmanuel Macron was an event to mark the end of the Second World War.

Yesterday, a national holiday in France marked the anniversary of the formal date of Germany’s defeat.

The ceremony might encourage those who still believe in the objectives and values of social democracy — and the European Union — to recall Churchill’s line from 1942: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning,” and apply it to the defeat of Marine Le Pen.