Ballots are counted by officials in the second round of the 2017 French presidential election at a polling station in Tulle, France, May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

PARIS (Reuters) - Paris’ main Mosque said on Sunday that the election of centrist Emmanuel Macron as France’s next president over far-right leader Marine Le Pen was a sign of reconciliation between French religions.

“It is a clear sign of hope to French Muslims that they can live in harmony and respect of French values”, La Grande Mosquée de Paris said in a statement.