Hello everyone, and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to monitoring political news. For the first time since mid-July, France wakes up this Friday, September 6 with a new Prime Minister. It is Michel Barnier, former minister and candidate for the LR primary in 2021, who was chosen by Emmanuel Macron to succeed Gabriel Attal.
Aged 73 and a veteran of French and European politics, Michel Barnier was a minister for the first time in 1993, then three times under the presidencies of Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy. He was also a European Commissioner twice, and finally between 2016 and 2021 negotiator of the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU, BrexitMichel Barnier has also held positions as a deputy, senator and European deputy.
Son programme in the right-wing primary in 2021 included plans for a “moratorium” on immigration, a salary increase for teachers and a capped single social allowance. Michel Barnier also wanted an increase in the number of prison places and the reestablishment of minimum sentences. He came third in the first round, with 23.9% of the vote.
