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Bayrou, a 73-year-old stalwart of French centrism and one in every of President Emmanuel Macron’s earliest supporters, strong-armed Macron into appointing him final week. With this, France’s fourth authorities in a yr, he has promised to reconcile a divided nation.
But his first few days in workplace had been marked by controversy and useless makes an attempt at convincing opposition teams to hitch forces with him.
Xavier Bertrand, a conservative heavyweight and a longtime rival of Marine Le Pen, of the far-right, stated a suggestion for him to change into justice minister had been rescinded “resulting from [his] opposition to the National Rally,” he wrote in an announcement.
“I refuse to participate in a authorities fashioned with Marine Le Pen’s approval,” he added.
Here are among the Bayrou authorities appointees:
- Foreign affairs minister: Jean-Noël Barrot
- Defense minister: Sébastien Lecornu
- Economy and finance minister: Eric Lombard
- Interior minister: Bruno Retailleau
- Minister for ecological transition: Agnès Pannier-Runacher
- Justice minister: Gérald Darmanin
- Junior minister for business and power: Marc Ferracci
- Junior minister for AI and tech: Clara Chappaz
- Junior minister for Europe: Benjamin Haddad
- Junior minister for commerce: Laurent Saint-Martin
Bayrou seems to have been unsuccessful in his first mission: constructing a broader base than Barnier with a view to keep away from a authorities collapse. The prime minister hoped to herald the center-left Socialist Party with a view to construct a majority however finally failed to take action, which implies that like Barnier, he’ll helm a minority authorities.
