French President Emmanuel Macron has selected centrist ally Francois Bayrou as his new Prime Minister.
It comes nine days after his predecessor, Michel Barnier, resigned following a no-confidence vote in France’s National Assembly.Mr Bayrou will now move into the prime minister's residence at Hôtel Matignon as Macron scrambles together a government after months of turmoil.Here is everything you need to know about the new PM pick.Mr Baryou, 73, was until today a mayor in his home region of Pau in southwestern France.
“How is it that when Emmanuel Macron loses an election he wants, at any price, to impose the colour and continuity of his own politics? … That does not work”.Mr Baryou leads the centrist Democratic Movement, also known as the MoDems, which he founded in 2007.The party went from 48 to 33 parliamentary seats in 2022.The new prime minister has previously been a candidate in presidential elections in 2002, 2007, and 2012, unsuccessful in all attempts.
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