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Barnier emerges as contender to be French prime minister
President Emmanuel Macron seeks to form new government two months after losing legislative vote
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President Emmanuel Macron seeks to form new government two months after losing legislative vote
Full ArticleBarnier will now have to survive a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly, France’s lower house of the parliament.
Former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has been appointed French prime minister.