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.
Appointing Philippe to the top job in his government ticked several boxes for 39-year-old Macron, France’s youngest president, who took power on Sunday.
Philippe’s age reinforced the generational shift in France’s corridors of power and the image of youthful vigor that Macron is cultivating. Philippe is also relatively unknown to voters, fulfilling Macron’s campaign promises to repopulate French politics with new …read more
Source: The News
