{"id":43665,"date":"2022-04-25T13:18:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T13:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/25\/french-president-macron-wins-reelection-heres-what-happens-next\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:40:51","slug":"french-president-macron-wins-reelection-heres-what-happens-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2022\/04\/25\/french-president-macron-wins-reelection-heres-what-happens-next\/","title":{"rendered":"French President Macron wins reelection. Here\u2019s what happens next."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PARIS \u2014 After winning another five years in the French presidential palace, Emmanuel Macron intends to go back to work straightaway on domestic and foreign policy \u2014 but he will soon face crucial parliamentary elections where he may struggle to keep his majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a look at what comes next for Macron and his leadership of France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inauguration<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The Constitutional Council is to publish the presidential election\u2019s official results on Wednesday. On the same day, Macron will hold a Cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macron will then need to set a date for the inauguration ceremony, which must be held by May 13, at the Elysee Palace. He will receive the National Guards\u2019 honors and make a speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually, 21 cannon shots are fired to mark the inauguration, though Presidents Francois Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac both skipped that tradition for their reelections in 1988 and 2002. Macron is the only other leader of modern France to win a second term at the ballot box.<\/p>\n\n\n\t