{"id":319073,"date":"2017-05-14T13:39:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T13:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=319073"},"modified":"2017-05-14T13:39:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T13:39:40","slug":"macron-vows-new-start-after-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/macron-vows-new-start-after-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron vows new start after inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"
Emmanuel Macron has promised to restore France’s global standing, as he was officially inaugurated as the country’s youngest president at the age of 39.<\/p>\n
“My mandate will give the French back the confidence to believe in themselves,” President Macron said at the elaborate \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace ceremony.<\/p>\n
He vowed to see the EU “reformed and relaunched” during his time in office.<\/p>\n
He takes over from Fran\u00e7ois Hollande, whose five-year term was plagued by high unemployment figures.<\/p>\n
Mr Macron was proclaimed France’s new president a week after his resounding victory over the National Front’s Marine le Pen, with 66% of the vote in the run-off poll.<\/p>\n
The former investment banker, who had never contested an election before and only formed his centrist political movement a year ago, has vowed to shake up the country’s political order and reinvigorate its economy.<\/p>\n