Emmanuel Macron Speech

CHEERING. APPLAUSE.

TRANSLATION: Thank you, my friends. Thank you to you for being here this

evening. We are tens of thousands and I can only see a few faces.

Thank you. Thank you for being here. Thank you for having fought with

courage, with kindness, for so many months, because it's true tonight,

you have won! France won! What we have done for so many

months, there is no comparison. Everybody was saying to us, it was

impossible. But they didn't know anything about France! Thank you for

your trust. Thank you for the time you devoted to this and your

commitment. Thank you to all of you. Thank you for the risks some of you

have taken. I know about it. And your trust is something that creates

an obligation for me, and it's something I feel you have entrusted

in me and I don't want to disappoint you. I want to be worthy of trust.

And for the five years to come, I want to carry...

And tonight, I would also like to say something about all the French

people who voted for me. You committed yourself. And I know that

it's not obvious. And I would like to say something for people who

voted merely because they wanted to protect and defend the Republic. In

the face of extremism. I know that there are disagreements and I will

respect this. And I will be faithful to that commitment taken. I will

protect the Republic. I would also like to say something

about those who voted for Marine Le Pen. You mustn't shout because they

did express today their rage. Their loss. And their conviction in some

cases. And I do respect that. And I will do my utmost for the five years

to come, to make sure that they don't have any reason to vote for an

extremist position ever again. Tonight, there is only all the

people of France gathered together. Tonight, here in the Louvre, and

amidst the fervour and enthusiasm, the energy of the population and the

people of France. And this place where we find ourselves gathered

tonight, that is what it expresses. It is the expression of our history.

Until the time of the liberation of Paris, the French Revolution, it's

the example of that pyramid, the location, the place, where all the

people of France can gather together. This place is the

embodiment of France, France that everybody is looking at because

today it is Europe, it is the whole world is looking at us. Europe and

the world expect for us to defend everywhere. The Enlightenment which

has been threatened in sunny places. They expect us defend everywhere,

freedom is to protect, people who are oppressed. They expect from us

to bring forth a new Hope, a new form of humanism came a safer world,

a world of freedom that we fought for, a world of growth, a world

where there is more justice, work equality and respect is expected,

were we can at long last be ourselves.

The task awaiting us, my fellow citizens, it is an enormous task.

And it is a task that is going to start tomorrow. Tomorrow lies public

life. To defend our Democratic vitality, to reinforce our

macroeconomy, and to build up the new protections that are necessary

for the world around us, through work, study, culture, to refund our

Europe and guarantee the security of all the people of France. That task

that awaits us, it is a colossal task. And it is a task that means we

have to carry on being daring. Yes, of course, tonight we want a right.

You have chosen audacity. That audacity will carry on. It will

carry on bringing it forward. That is what is expected of all the

people of France. It is what is expected by Europe and by the world.

That is what is expected from us. They expect. Once again, France is a

country of surprise, a country that is faithful to itself, and that is

what we will do. Our task is enormous, my friends. And it's going

to require the commitment of all of us. The commitment of our armed

forces, our police. All the public services. Your commitment, the

commitment of all of you. If you are elected, the head of charities, the

head of trade Unions, civil servants, if you tradesmen, farmers,

bosses, students, pensioners... bosses, students, pensioners...

Our task is enormous. And our task will require that we are a truthful,

that we need to have the courage of truth. The courage we put forward

throughout the campaign. And I will carry on putting it forward. Putting

it forward for you. Our task is enormous. We should build from

tomorrow onwards the real majority, a strong majority. That majority

country is dreaming of and that is country is dreaming of and that is

what the country deserves. A majority centred on change. That is

exactly what I am expecting from you in the weeks to come, because once

again, and many times, I will need you.

My fellow citizens, all of you, men, women, all of you present here by my

side, for so many days and so many nights, the people of France

gathered here. We have the strength. We have the energy. We have the

will. The will that has carried us forward. That has made us what we

are. We will lead our future. We will not be the victims of fear. We

will not step back in the face of division or lies. We will not

concede any ground to the fascination for defeat. I know that

further you carry within you. I know what I owe you. And I know tonight

what I owe to the people that supported me, my friends, my family.

And the people close to me. It is not going to be easy everyday,

I know that. The task is going to be arduous. But every time I will tell

you the truth. But your further, your energy, your courage always is

something that is going to carry me forward. I will protect you. In the

face of threats. And I will fight for you on your behalf against

inefficiency, against lies, to improve the life of all of us. And I

will respect each one of you. In what they think, in what they

believe, in what they want to defend. And I will gather together

and reconcile because I want the unity of our people and our country.

Finally, my friends, I will be at your service. With modesty,

humility, with strength. I will be at your service on behalf of our

motif, liberty, equality, fraternity. I will be in your

service and at your service. I will be faithful to the trust that you

have put in me. And I will be at your service, with Love fool you

all. Long live the Republic and long live France. -- with love for you

all. Whitehall. The heart of government.

Could you balance the needs of patients with those of doctors,

nurses and surgeons and still be responsible for one of the largest

employers in the world? So, you want to be the health secretary. You do

some things at the start he would probably not at the end. You

definitely do some things at the end you would not at the start. There

are lots of people who know about defence and foreign affairs and it

turns out in the Conservative party there are relatively