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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Tassilo Hummel and Ingrid Melander

Macron appoints COVID minister as new face of government policy

FILE PHOTO: French Junior Minister of Relations with the Parliament Olivier Veran attends the opening session of the National Assembly in Paris, France, June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday turned to the health minister who steered France through COVID to sell the government's policies to voters worried about a spike in inflation as he carried out a limited reshuffle.

Key roles such as the prime minister and finance minister remained unchanged in the reshuffle that signalled no policy changes and was criticised by the opposition as being tone-deaf after elections in June in which Macron's centrist alliance lost control of parliament.

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