The head of the French presidential administration, Alexi Kohler, has announced the new composition of the French government. BFM TV reports this.
“After several days of negotiations, sometimes stormy, the government Michel Barnier finally formed… A total of 39 ministers were announced,” – the television channel reports.
It is noted that “Macron is in a good position.”
He remains Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs of France. Sebastien Lecornu.
The 41-year-old former Minister Delegate for European Affairs has been appointed as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot of the Democratic Movement party.
The post of head of the Ministry of the Interior was assumed by the head of the Senate faction of the Republican Party Bruno Retaiowho previously advocated the introduction of quotas for the admission of foreigners and takes a tough stance in the fight against radical Islamism.
The head of the Supreme Committee for Transparency in Public Life took office as Minister of Justice Didier Migo.
He assumed the position of Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry. Antonio Armand – Former Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee of the National Assembly.
He remains Minister of Culture Rashida Datiand the former Secretary of State under the country’s Ministry of the Armed Forces was appointed Minister of Health Genevieve Darièssec.
as it was transmitted EADailyPresident of France Emmanuel Macron did not approve the preliminary list of ministers that Prime Minister Michel Barnier proposed to appoint to the new government, according to Le Monde newspaper.
According to the publication, the prime minister presented his list on September 17, during his visit to the Elysee Palace. Representatives of the president’s entourage considered the proposed list of candidates for ministerial posts to be “one-coloured”, and drew particular attention to the large number of representatives of the Republican Party, to which Barnier himself belongs. According to the newspaper, the prime minister planned to allocate up to a third of all ministerial posts to them, including the particularly important posts of the heads of the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Economy, TASS quotes.
