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France’s new president wastes no time: names PM, sees Merkel


PARIS (AP) — On his first full day in office, French President Emmanuel Macron moved quickly Monday on fronts both foreign and domestic, naming 46-year-old lawmaker Edouard Philippe as his new prime minister before flying off to Berlin for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Philippe is also relatively unknown to voters, fulfilling Macron’s campaign promises to repopulate French politics with new faces.

The visit signaled his intentions to move rapidly on campaign promises to revive support for the beleaguered European Union by reforming and strengthening it.

Germany is keen to continue the Franco-German diplomatic drive to keep a lid on the situation in …read more

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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