On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron named Michel Barnier as the country’s new Prime minister. But will “Monsieur Brexit” be able to resolve France’s political deadlock?
After a seven-week wait, Michel Barnier, the European Union’s Brexit negotiator and a veteran of the traditional right-wing party The Republicans (LR), was appointed as France’s new premier.
Barnier now faces the complicated task of forming a government and surviving a confidence vote in parliament, currently divided into three blocs since Macron called for snap parliamentary elections in July.
Although other potential candidate names were circulating these past days, by choosing the conservative figure, Macron wanted to ensure the far-right National Rally party (RN) wasn’t going to immediately vote against a Barnier-led government.
The National Rally has 126 MPs (not counting the 16 MPs from Eric Ciotti’s rebellious right-wing faction that recently allied with Le Pen), making it the third political force in Parliament.
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