Fall of French Premier Opens the Way for Bayrou, Who Had Hoped To Be Named to the Post Last Time
President Macron reluctantly appoints a would-be ‘reconciler’ as prime minister, while rightist Marine Le Pen rides even higher.
The fall of the unfortunate Michel Barnier can be explained by just one figure number — 47. That is the number of seats held by Monsieur Barnier’s classic conservative party, Les Républicains, out of the 577 seats in the current National Assembly.
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