Macron nominates Michel Barnier as France's new PM
China DailyThe file photo shows that EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier attends a press conference on the post-Brexit trade talks in Brussels, Belgium, Dec 24, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron has nominated Michel Barnier as France's new prime minister, the Elysee said on Thursday. Meanwhile, the First Secretary of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure said that Barnier's nomination brings "democratic denial to its peak," emphasizing that the LR only came fourth in the legislative elections. The RN's ex-President Marine Le Pen said on her X account that she and her party members would be "attentive" to the project that the new prime minister would implement. Former French President Francois Hollande, who is now a Socialist Party deputy, said on X platform that the RN has given a form of "approval" for Barnier's nomination.