Macron names Barnier as new PM of France

President Emmanuel Macron named EU former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister today after more than 50 days of caretaker government. The appointment of the 73-year-old Barnier follows weeks of intense efforts by Macron and his aides...

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Paris, Updated At : 09:26 AM Sep 06, 2024 IST

FILE PHOTO: Michel Barnier of the French conservative party Les Republicains (The Republicans - LR) arrives to attend an emergency meeting called by LR party chiefs in Paris, following their leader Eric Ciotti's decision to form an alliance between his party's candidates and the far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) in a snap parliamentary election, France, June 12, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

President Emmanuel Macron named EU former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister today after more than 50 days of caretaker government.

The appointment of the 73-year-old Barnier follows weeks of intense efforts by Macron and his aides to find a candidate who might be able to build loose groupings of backers in parliament and survive possible attempts by Macron’s opponents to quickly topple the new government that Barnier will now put together and lead.

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