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France’s Macron names new PM ahead of parliamentary elections

Elisabeth Borne has already held a number of positions as transport minister, minister for ecological transition, and lately as labour minister [File: Ludovic Marin/Reuters]

President Emmanuel Macron has named Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne as prime minister to lead his ambitious reform plans, the first woman to head the French government in more than 30 years.

Earlier on Monday, outgoing French Prime Minister Jean Castex handed his resignation to the president, part of a widely expected reshuffle to make way for a new government in the wake of Macron’s re-election in April.

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