Barnier will now have to survive a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly, France’s lower house of the parliament.
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00:00Former right-wing minister and EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has been appointed the new
00:08French Prime Minister, the LSE Palace announced on Thursday.
00:15French President Emmanuel Macron asked the political veteran to form a unifying government
00:20two months after the snap parliamentary election.
00:25The plum job is not set in stone, as 73-year-old Barnier from the minor Republican party will
00:32now need to survive a no-confidence vote in France's lower house.
00:38Leaders from the far-left coalition have blasted the former European Commissioner's potential
00:43appointment, predicting Barnier would not garner majority backing.
00:47The nomination comes weeks after increasing pressure from political groups to nominate
01:12a candidate and 50 days of caretaker government.
01:17Barnier replaces Gabrielle Attal, who resigned mid-July following quickfire legislative elections
01:23that produced a divided and hung parliament, which plunged France into political turmoil.