Jean Castex named as new French Prime Minister

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French President Emmanuel Macron has named Jean Castex, who coordinated France's coronavirus reopening strategy, as the country's new prime minister. 9News

"I will need to make choices to lead down the path," he said.

Before that, Macron's pro-business policies, widely seen as favouring the wealthier, had been hampered by the yellow vest economic movement against perceived social injustice. This winter, weeks of strikes and street demonstrations against a planned pension overhaul disrupted the country. French President Emmanuel Macron ruled out any tax rise and instead said "working and producing more" is the response amid bankruptcies and layoffs caused by the crisis

He ruled out any tax rise and instead said "working and producing more" is the response amid bankruptcies and layoffs caused by the crisis.

 

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