Michel Barnier takes over from Gabriel Attal as French prime minister
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Michel Barnier takes over from Gabriel Attal as French prime minister
France's new right-wing prime minister, Michel Barnier, has started consulting all sides to cobble together a government capable of mustering a majority in parliament after two months of political deadlock.
The 73-year-old, a former foreign minister who recently acted as the European Union's Brexit negotiator, is the oldest premier in the history of modern France.
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