France’s president Emmanuel Macron has named Michel Barnier as his choice for prime minister — some two months after Macron’s decision to call snap elections resulted in a parliament without a clear majority.
The 73 year-old Barnier is a conservative politician who’s served in previous French governments, and was tasked by the European Union with leading Brexit negotiations with London. The far-right National Rally party, which holds the most seats in the lower house of Parliament, says it is undecided whether to back Barnier.
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