Right-wing daily Le Figaro says that on the surface Mr Macron has scored a "total triumph" and he will hope to be a "youthful reformer" in the mould of former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, former US president John F Kennedy, Canadian leader Justin Trudeau or Italy's former prime minister Matteo Renzi.

But the newspaper has a warning for his supporters:

Quote Message: Those who see Macron as a superstar, as a breath of fresh air, need to watch out. Look closer, and you’ll see that the extraordinary circumstances of this election mean there’s a lot of pressure on him, especially as his electoral base is so slim. He’s the candidate of the rejection of everyone else. Those who see Macron as a superstar, as a breath of fresh air, need to watch out. Look closer, and you’ll see that the extraordinary circumstances of this election mean there’s a lot of pressure on him, especially as his electoral base is so slim. He’s the candidate of the rejection of everyone else.

Quote Message: Yes, he did well to capitalise on his opponents’ weaknesses but no-one believes he has unified people around himself or his programme. This doesn’t take away from his legitimacy but it does present political problems. This France - an open, European, reforming one - nonetheless only represents a quarter of the French people." Yes, he did well to capitalise on his opponents’ weaknesses but no-one believes he has unified people around himself or his programme. This doesn’t take away from his legitimacy but it does present political problems. This France - an open, European, reforming one - nonetheless only represents a quarter of the French people."

Left-wing daily Le Mondesays Mr Macron's win - along with recent results in the Netherlands and Austria - shows that the far-right is not on the verge of taking power in Europe.

However, it says, there is no room for complacency because the campaign showed French society to be "balkanised" and its different factions "ever less willing to make the compromises that allow them to work together".

The newspaper says:

Quote Message: The optimistic new president of this country in depression must quickly show that he has got the message of this unusual campaign. For starters, when setting up his teams, he must not fail in the areas that saw his competitors fall away - probity, competency and attention to a social crisis that did not get less serious on 7 May." The optimistic new president of this country in depression must quickly show that he has got the message of this unusual campaign. For starters, when setting up his teams, he must not fail in the areas that saw his competitors fall away - probity, competency and attention to a social crisis that did not get less serious on 7 May."

Left-wing daily Libération meanwhile has an editorial saying that while the National Front (FN) was defeated, the party has in fact scored a marked "political and cultural" victory.

This is because, says author Béligh Nabli from the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (Iris), the far-right is continuing to score better and better in successive elections and break every new "glass ceiling" that is placed in its way.

He says:

Quote Message: A self-absorbed ethnocentrism is being born, a dogmatic view of the cultural and social order is emerging, including in the left's republican rigidity." A self-absorbed ethnocentrism is being born, a dogmatic view of the cultural and social order is emerging, including in the left's republican rigidity."

This is blurring the boundaries between established left-wing, right-wing and far-right views, he says.