The oldest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic Michel Barnier73, succeeds the post of head of government has Gabriel Attal35, who was the youngest. He will have to try to form a government capable of surviving a parliamentary censure, to put an end to the most serious political crisis of the last fifty years.
The president “tasked him with forming a unified government to serve the country and its peoples French“, said theElysium in a press release. Emmanuel Macron “made sure that the Prime Minister and the government “The upcoming negotiations would bring together the conditions to be as stable as possible and give themselves the chance to bring together the broadest possible audience,” the presidency added.
Michel Barnierwho was also an unsuccessful candidate in the party primary The Republicans in view of the 2022 presidential election, inherits a task that seems like an impossible mission, as no viable coalition has emerged so far. In the meantime, the resigning ministers will remain in office to continue to manage current affairs while negotiations take place.
Old hand in politics, Michel Barnier is known as a good mediator: he was the chief negotiator of theEuropean Union for the Brexit when the United Kingdom left the continental bloc. Before that, he served as minister on several occasions since 1993, notably under the presidencies of Jacques Chirac and of Nicolas Sarkozy.
