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PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking a political deal that would allow him to both name a new prime minister and “guarantee the stability of the country,” following the resignation of ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier, a spokesperson for the outgoing government said Wednesday.
Barnier´s government has been tasked with handling current affairs pending the appointment of a new prime minister.The first one would be to find a way to “broaden the alliance,” she said, implicitly suggesting some leftists could join the government in addition to centrists and conservatives. That could give the future government a majority in the assembly.
Le Pen, who helped ousting Barnier by supporting the no-confidence motion, demanded on Wednesday her party’s proposals on preserving the purchasing power of the French to be taken into account by the future government.
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