French Prime Minister Michel Barnier unveiled a Macronist-dominated government on Saturday evening, representing continuity after months of political deadlock. Despite securing fewer votes than the leftist New Popular Front (NFP) coalition and Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN), Macron partisans secured key ministerial positions.
Prime Minister Michel Barnier announced President Emmanuel Macron ’s new government in France , which will represent a continuity establishment cabinet after months of deadlock and effectively shutting out both leftists and populists from the halls of power.
The influential post at the Quai d’Orsay, minister of European and Foreign Affairs, will be staffed by Macron loyalist and EU princeling Jean-Noël Barrot, replacing Stéphane Séjourné, who has been tapped to become Brussels’ next censorship czar. While Retailleau is seen as more of a hawk on migration than his predecessor Gérald Darmanin and therefore his selection was apparently intended as red meat towards the populist right, the senator has also been at odds with the National Rally, having sensationally joined an attempted coup of now-disputed LR leader Eric Ciotti for backing an alliance with the Le Pen party during the legislative elections.
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