Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidential elections, despite a big drop in support.  Early projections indicated the globalist leader took a little over 57 per cent of the vote, compared to a little under 43 per cent for national populist challenger Marine Le Pen. Voter abstention this year also looks to have been its highest in 50 years, at around 28 per cent, indicating widespread disillusionment on all sides of the political spectrum.