UK’s Johnson Hails Macron Victory, Stresses Common Stance on Ukraine

UK’s Johnson Hails Macron Victory, Stresses Common Stance on Ukraine
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets French President Emmanuel Macron as he arrives to attend the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 1, 2021. Christopher Furlong /pool/AFP via Getty Images
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his reelection and said he looks forward to working with the French president on issues such as the war in Ukraine.

Final results of the runoff election on April 24 showed Macron beat his right-wing opponent Marine Le Pen with 58.54 percent of the vote, a higher margin of victory than many earlier surveys had predicted but well below the 66.1 percent he scored against the same opponent in their first runoff in 2017.