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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at France’s fourth prime minister this year, Russia targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, and a deadly Israeli attack on a post office in Gaza. Who Is François Bayrou? French President Emmanuel Macron appointed centrist Pau Mayor François Bayrou, 73, on Friday to be the country’s next prime minister….
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After a week of political chaos following the ousting of Michel Barnier, Emmanuel Macron chose François Bayrou of the Democratic Movement party to be the next prime minister of France, the country’s fourth in a year. Bayrou is a long-term centrist ally of the French president who will be called upon to help restore confidence…
Outgoing French Prime Minister Michel Barnier handed over power to his successor François Bayrou in Paris on Friday. 2024-12-13 17:07:31 https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/7bdcba2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/427×240+0+0/resize/1440×810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fb7%2F39%2Fed42ebdd4bde13be12bbe4b09c69%2Ffra-pm-handover-20241213i-autocr-1920×1080.jpg
François Bayrou, the new French prime minister, calls himself a country man. A tractor-driving “son of the soil” and breeder of thoroughbreds, he has run for president three times, saying his rural roots and centrist politics led him to try to find common ground between left and right. Born to a family of farmers in…
