Michel Barnier, the Brexit negotiator appointed to Matignon to attempt to carry folks collectively | EUROtoday
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Nearly three months after the dissolution of the National Assembly, and after almost every week of negotiations and interviews of every kind with numerous political actors, Emmanuel Macron's alternative fell on Thursday on Michel Barnier, whom he appointed to the put up of Prime Minister, tasking him with forming “a unifying government in the service of the country”. Having entered politics in 1973, the previous European Commissioner and Brexit negotiator is, at 73, the oldest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic.
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