former right-wing Minister and EU brexit negotiator Michelle barer has been appointed the new French prime minister the LC Palace announced on Thursday French president Emanuel Marron asked the political veteran to form a unifying government two months after the snap parliamentary election but the plum job is not set in stone as 73-year-old bar from the minor Republican party will now need to survive a NOC confidence vote in France's lower house leaders from the far-left Coalition have blasted the former European commissioner's potential appointment predicting barer would not g a majority backing the nomination comes weeks after increasing pressure from political groups to nominate a candidate and 50 days of caretaker government Baner replaces Gabrielle atal who resigned mid July following quickfire legislative elections that produced a divided and hung Parliament which plunged France into Political turmoil