Barnier will now have to survive a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly, France’s lower house of the parliament.
Two months after the second round of the snap parliamentary elections, President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister.The nomination comes after weeks of increasing pressure from all political groups to nominate a candidate. Barnier will now have to survive a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly, France’s lower house of the parliament. The current National Assembly is divided into three blocs: the left-wing coalition NFP (that won the most seats but fell short of an absolute majority), Macron’s centrist group and the far-right National Rally. Given the composition of the National Assembly, the president had set himself the task of finding a prime minister capable of gathering “the broadest and most stable majority possible.”Barnier, a conservative, was twice the European Commissioner and, between 2016 and 2021, the chief EU negotiator for Brexit.This is a developing story and our journalists are working on further updates.
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