PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday (Sep 5) named the European Union's former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as new prime minister, following almost two months of political de
Michel Barnier of the French conservative party Les Republicains arrives for a meeting in Paris on Jun 12, 2024.
Since Wednesday, politicians and media in France had raised expectations that a new head of government would finally be announced to succeed Gabriel Attal, after the elections in July resulted in a hung parliament. But both figures fell by the wayside with the mathematics of France's new parliament stacked against them.Both Bertrand and Cazeneuve risked facing a no-confidence motion that could garner support from both the left bloc and the far right.
The veteran former foreign minister and EU commissioner is"Macron-compatible" and would not be immediately voted out by parliament, an adviser to the president told AFP, asking not to be named. RN party leader Jordan Bardella said Barnier would be judged"on evidence" when he addresses parliament. It also marks his attempt to acknowledge rejection of his seven-year rule without giving up on hard-fought reforms, chief among them last year's widely resented increase to the official retirement age to 64 from 62.
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