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Who is France's new PM Michel Barnier?
short by Disha Jana / on Thursday, 5 September, 2024
Michel Barnier, the 73-year-old newly-appointed Prime Minister of France, is a career politician who has served as the country's foreign, European affairs, environment and agriculture minister. He also challenged Emmanuel Macron for the presidency in 2022 and belongs to the Republicans (LR) party. Barnier succeeded Gabriel Attal as PM almost two months after snap parliamentary polls were held.