Emmanuel Marcon wins to become new president of France. German Chancellor Angela Merkel´s spokesman welcomed Emmanuel Macron´s resounding win in France´s presidential election on Sunday as a "victory for a strong and united Europe". "Congratulations, @EmmanuelMacron. Your victory is a victory for a strong and united Europe and for French-German friendship," wrote Steffen Seibert in French and German on Twitter. Separately, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel hailed Macron´s win for keeping France "at the heart of Europe". "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite! France chose that today. The great nation was, is, and remains in the middle and at the heart of Europe," wrote Gabriel on Twitter, using France´s national slogan which means "liberty, equality, fraternity". Merkel and her government had thrown their support behind Macron against far-right and anti-EU challenger Marine Le Pen. But ahead of Germany´s own electi...