[Margaret Pilkington]

In my opinion(and I know it isn't worth much) the French took the easy option.
Had they voted for Marine Le Pen ,then they would have had some thorny issues to deal with....those issues are not going to go away.
I don't believe that Macron will deal with the issues that are on the minds of the french people(many of those issues are what created the referendum to leave the EU here)

Calling someone racist is a way to stop all discussion. It closes down any debate because people do not like to have labels attached to them.
Resentment over how the elite in France have dealt with the simmering tensions is still there and might just explode.
There is much disillusionment over the channel with the way politics is being operated and many of those who voted for Macron actually did not want him to be president, but didn't want le Pen either.
Not a good foundation on which to build any kind of administration.