France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier has completed the difficult task of forming a government and is expected to present the composition of the future cabinet to President Emmanuel Macron this evening,

France’s new prime minister finally submitted a new government to Emmanuel Macron Thursday with the top post of interior ministry going to the Right-wing Republicans party. The French president’s loyalists picked up many of the remaining positions in a move that enraged the opposition Left-wing alliance that came first in July snap elections.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is reportedly close to finalizing a cabinet deal two weeks after being appointed by President Emmanuel Macron. The process has been challenging due to a hung parliament and political complexities.

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President Emmanuel Macron’s newly picked prime minister wasted no time in putting a pointed distance between himself and France’s beleaguered leader.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has prepared a list of ministers for his new cabinet, which he will present to President Emmanuel Macron. This comes two weeks after Macron appointed him, following a complicated election that resulted in a hung parliament.

France’s newly appointed prime minister, Michel Barnier, said he’ll put forward names for his cabinet next week as France looks to ease out of months of political turmoil.

The name of the former chief EU Brexit negotiator would raise a nod of recognition in many British households (for good or ill). In France, Barnier was a peripheral right-wing politician. His appointment has nothing to do with Brexit and everything to do with the state of French politics since president Emmanuel Macron’s bewildering decision in June to dissolve the National Assembly and call parliamentary elections.

France's new conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier announced that a new government will be formed next week. Barnier, appointed by President Emmanuel Macron, is consulting candidates for ministries in a politically divided parliament.