The new French government faces sharp criticism from both extremes
The composition of the new government was announced on Saturday evening in France. This formation occurred two weeks after Michel Barnier was appointed prime minister and more than two months after the parliamentary elections. Antoine Armand is the minister of the Economy, and Jean-Noel Barnot is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Sebastien Lecornu will remain Minister for the Armed Forces, while Bruno Retailleau will head the Ministry of the Interior.
As previously announced, the ministers come from the center (President Emmanuel Macron's political camp) and the right-wing Republican party. The new government's first meeting will take place on Monday.
The radical left and the radical right criticized the new government
Jordan Bardella, head of the far-right National Rally (RN), stated that Michel Barnier's new French government "has no future." On the left, Jean-Luc Melenchon, head of the far-left Unbowed France (LFI), declared that this government "has no legitimacy."
Marine Le Pen, who remains the informal leader of the RN and the head of its parliamentary faction, wrote on social media that the government is "temporary" and that her party continues to count and will prepare for "major changes."
