Leftwing parties accuse Emmanuel Macron of stealing elections by choosing conservative to lead governmentThousands of people took to the streets in France on Saturday to protest against Emmanuel Macron’s appointment of the centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister, with leftwing parties accusing the president of stealing legislative elections.Macron named Barnier, a conservative and the EU’s former Brexit negotiator, as prime minister on Thursday, capping a two-month-long search after his ill-fated decision to call a legislative election that delivered a hung parliament divided in three blocs. Continue reading…
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Author : Reuters in Paris
Publish date : 2024-09-07 15:02:13
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