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Macron To Be Sworn-In As President

14/05/2017 GMT

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Emmanuel Macron due to be sworn-in as French president

Tight security is in place across Paris for the inauguration of Emmanuel Macron as France's next president. Centrist Mr Macron won a resounding victory in last weekend's second round of voting against the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

Also in the programme: America’s White Working Class. 

(Image: French president-elect Emmanuel Macron during a ceremony at the Luxembourg Gardens on 10th May 2017. Credit: Antoine Gyori/Corbis /Getty Images)

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