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Emmanuel Macron’s victory is a colour revolution in disguise

Macron has won the presidential elections, but the making of this unusual campaign raises many questions. First of all, this is not a landslide victory for the candidate of the EU. Marine Le Pen received 11 millions voters, one third of the French didn’t vote or spoiled their ballot. Furthermore, half of Macron’s voters voted not for him but against the ‘threat’ represented by Le Pen.
How did we get here?