Hollande vaunted his efforts to produce the Paris Agreement on fighting climate change, legalizing gay marriage in France and doing "everything possible to ensure that Greece stays in Europe." New French President Emmanuel Macron says he will do everything that is necessary to fight terrorism and authoritarianism and to resolve the world's migration crisis. The 39-year-old centrist, speaking Sunday in his inauguration speech at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, says "we will take all our responsibilities to provide, every time it's needed, a relevant response to big contemporary crises." The president of the Constitutional Council, Laurent Fabius, proclaimed the official result of the vote in a ceremony Sunday at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris. Macron, 39, had been Hollande's top economy adviser from 2012 to 2014, then became his economy minister until last year, when he decided to quit the Socialist government and launch his independent presidential bid. Macron's formal inauguration ceremony was to start shortly in the reception hall of the presidential palace. France's President-elect Emmanuel Macron has arrived at the Elysee presidential palace for his inauguration ceremony. Macron had been Hollande's top economy adviser at the Elysee from 2012 to 2014, then became his economy minister until last year, when he decided to quit the Socialist government and launch his independent presidential bid. Macron will then make a speech in the Elysee reception hall in front of about 300 guests, officials and family members, including his wife Brigitte Macron, in a lavender blue dress designed by French designer Nicolas Ghesquiere for Louis Vuitton.
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