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France: Macron Names Michel Barnier as New Prime Minister

France: Macron Names Michel Barnier as New Prime Minister

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The Facts

  • 1French Pres. Emmanuel Macron appointed Michel Barnier of the conservative Les Républicains party on Thursday to replace Gabriel Attal as prime minister in an attempt to break the longest political deadlock in the history of the country's Fifth Republic.

  • 2Aged 73, Barnier is a veteran politician who served as French foreign minister, European commissioner in Brussels and EU Brexit negotiator during his half-century political career.


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