The Elysee Palace press service announced that it had been decided that Barnier would be appointed as the new prime minister. The statement said, “ Macron has given himself the mission of forming a unity government that will serve the country and the French people” his words were included.
Michel Barnier, who represents France in the EU Board and is known as the former Brexit negotiator of the European Union (EU) between 2016 and 2021, recently criticized Macron’s decision to dissolve the parliament and call early elections as ‘ very risky‘, he said, adding that one should be very careful about the possibility of the very conservatives gaining a new absolute majority in the elections.