Monday, 23 December 2024

French PM names new government, hoping to avoid another no-confidence vote

Centrist prime minister François Bayrou appoints cabinet from middle political ground, excluding far-right and far-left

French prime minister François Bayrou has announced his new government – the country’s fourth since the beginning of the year – in the hope his administration can see off another vote of no confidence from a bitterly divided parliament.

There is a mix of old and new in the latest government, which includes several familiar faces: former interior minister Gérald Darmanin has been appointed justice minister; former prime minister Elisabeth Borne, a technocrat, returns to government as education secretary, while another prime minister Manuel Valls, who served under the socialist president François Hollande, has been appointed overseas minister.

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