On the evening of May 7, Emmanuel Macron took the stage at a boisterous celebration in the courtyard of the Louvre in Paris. At 39, he'd just become the youngest person to win the French presidency, and with Beethoven's Ode to Joy blaring from loudspeakers, he thanked thousands of supporters for backing him in the hard-fought campaign. A few hours earlier, his far-right, nationalist rival, Marine Le Pen, stood before a more somber-but raucously defiant-crowd at a restaurant on the eastern flank of Paris to concede the race. Then well before midnight, both Macron and Le Pen went off the radar. The election was finally over, and the candidates looked drawn and exhausted after months of interviews, speeches, debates, and rallies.
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机译：5月7日晚上，伊曼纽尔·马克龙（Emmanuel Macron）在巴黎卢浮宫的院子里举行了一场盛大的庆祝活动。现年39岁的他刚刚成为赢得法国总统职位的最年轻的人，贝多芬的《欢乐颂》从扬声器中吹响，他感谢成千上万的支持者在艰苦的竞选中给予他的支持。几个小时前，他极右翼的民族主义竞争对手马林·勒庞（Marine Le Pen）站在巴黎东部侧翼的一家餐馆中，脸色阴沉但挑衅，反抗人群，以承认比赛。然后在午夜之前，马克龙和勒庞都离开了雷达。选举终于结束，经过数月的采访，演讲，辩论和集会，候选人看上去既疲惫又疲惫。
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