The pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron has vowed to unite a divided and fractured France after winning a decisive victory over the far-right Front National candidate Marine Le Pen in the country’s presidential election.

Macron, 39, a former economy minister who ran as a “neither left nor right” independent promising to shake up the French political system, took 66% to Le Pen’s 34%.

In this episode of Jahan Nama, host Massoud Malik discusses the topic with the following guests:

Mohammad Yasin Samim, French Affairs analyst

Mohammad Akbar Zamin, legal exprt