12/05/2024

France's Macron Says He Will Appoint a New Prime Minister in the Coming Days

France faces political uncertainty, unnerving markets

French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister in the coming days whose top priority will be getting a 2025 budget adopted by parliament, he said on Thursday after the government was toppled by lawmakers.

Michel Barnier, a veteran conservative, became the shortest-serving prime minister in modern French history when he resigned on Thursday after parliament voted him out over his fiscal plans, barely three months after he was appointed.

In a televised address to the nation, Macron said he would name a successor to Barnier "in the coming days." He added that... "the priority will be the budget."

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