Former lead Brexit negotiator and French politician Michel Barnier has been named the new Prime Minister of France.
President Emmanuel Macron appointed Mr Barnier following weeks of mounting pressure after the French general elections.
Mr Barnier’s party The Republicans gained just 61 seats. The party is a liberal-conservative party founded after the dissolution of the Union for a Popular Movement. NR leader Marine LePen said following Mr Barnier’s appointment that her party will demand “the new head of government respect the 11 million French people who voted for the National Rally”
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