At risk of collapsing before the year is out, the new lineup will have to do a delicate dance with the far right in order to survive.
By pandering to the right, Macron hopes his government can safeguard his legacy after the left pledged to repeal some of his key policies, such as controversial pension reforms.
New faces include veteran conservative Bruno Retailleau at the interior ministry whose hardline stance on immigration appeals to the far right.
The president – a former left-wing minister – is now beholden to the support of the far right.
Yet in this summer’s snap election, they are the very group Macron tried to keep out of government through his party’s “cordon sanitaire” voting alliance with France’s left.
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Emmanuel, Macron, Michel Barnier, Barnier, Bruno Retailleau, Dimitar Dilkoff, Jean, Luc Melenchon, Jordan Bardella, “, –, France’s
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