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Outgoing french prime minister gabrielle atal hands over to his successor michelle barer now the veteran conservatives first order of business will be to form a new government no easy task given the center rights lack of a majority in a deeply divided parliament with opposition parties in an unforgiving... Read more

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The two months after elections france finally has a prime minister if in january it was gabriel atel the youngest prime minister of france today it is the 73y old michelle bar who will be the oldest prime minister in france's modern political history michelle b in fact led the eu's talks with britain... Read more

Category: News & Politics

Two months after elections france finally has a prime minister if in january it was gabriel atel the youngest prime minister of france today it is 73-year old mel barer who will be the oldest prime minister in france modern political history in his first remarks his appointment barer pledged that he... Read more

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Want to talk to bring in france 24's european affairs editor arman georan who can talk about that his european credentials emanuel macon is a fierce defender of europe and so is michelle berer yeah and they were in close touch actually during the brexit negotiations they texted each other a lot and... Read more

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I' like to bring in our french politics editor mark perlman mark finally we have a name uh michelle bar a 73-year-old uh former brexit negotiator who's been named uh your reactions and is this choice going to be palatable let's hope so because it lasted for a very very long time before we finally uh... Read more

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All right let's now get you some breaking news that's in fact coming from france with almost 9 weeks since the snap elections france finally has a prime minister now the president emanuel macron who called for snap elections is now named michelle bar to be the next prime minister of france the 73-year-old... Read more

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Well let's go live to brussels on the program there pierre banaz is standing by for us pierre look um michelle barer is somebody who's had two major european roles brexit negotiator for the eu and the head of the eu commission tell us then about his long career as a sort of european statesman he was... Read more

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France's president emanuel macron has named michelle barer as his choice for prime minister some two months after macron's decision to call snap re-elections resulting in a parliament without a clear majority the 73-year-old barer is a conservative politician who's served in previous french governments... Read more

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Best known internationally as the european union's brexit negotiator michelle barer is a conservative career politician who has held minister positions in several french governments including under jaak shiak and nikolas sarosi he was first elected parliament in 1978 aged 27 representing the alpine... Read more

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Welcome to we on live broadcast from new york city i'm your host susan tani first let's take a look at this hour's headlines french president emanuel mcon names a former brexit negotiator michelle barer as the country's new prime minister russian president vladimir putin says that he supported kamla... Read more

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All right two months after elections france finally has a prime minister if in january it was gabriel atle the youngest prime minister of france today it is 73-year-old michelle barer who will be the oldest prime minister in france's modern political history let's tell you a little about him bar led... Read more

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Let's now talk about a country that has been without a prime minister technically for over 40 days france it hosted the olympics and is now hosting the paralympics all without a government you heard that right what's happening in france is unprecedented parliamentary elections were held in france in... Read more

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August 27th marks 42 days since french president emanuel macr accepted the resignation of former prime minister gabriel atel government however paris is still waiting for a new government to take over this as the political stalemate over who will hold the reigns of power continues and there seems to... Read more

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And french president emanuel macron on monday ruled out naming a government led by the left-wing new popular front alliance his office announced the office announced the decision at the end of the marathon talks well macron's office cited what it called a need for institutional stability for the decision... Read more

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Another busy day for the french president who has hosted a string of party leaders at the il since friday in hopes of finding a candidate for prime minister that would not immediately be toppled in a confidence vote that is exactly what the far rights marine leen and jordan bardel said they planned... Read more