Veteran centrist is the fourth French prime minister this year as country struggles with growing political crisis
, a veteran centrist and ally of president Emmanuel Macron, has been appointed French prime minister, after last week’s historic vote of no-confidence ended the beleaguered and short-lived minority coalition of the rightwing
Those divisions remain and the first task of the new prime minister is to appoint a government that can work with parliament to pass a full budget for 2025.
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