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| France's Macron names Republican Philippe as PM | France's Macron names Republican Philippe as PM |
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| President Emmanuel Macron has chosen centre-right mayor Edouard Philippe as France's new prime minister. | President Emmanuel Macron has chosen centre-right mayor Edouard Philippe as France's new prime minister. |
| Mr Philippe, 46, is not from the president's new centrist party but from the centre-right Republicans. | Mr Philippe, 46, is not from the president's new centrist party but from the centre-right Republicans. |
| The choice is seen as an attempt to draw in key figures from both the right and left of French politics. | The choice is seen as an attempt to draw in key figures from both the right and left of French politics. |
| The announcement forms part of a busy first day for the president - he travels to Germany shortly to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel. | The announcement forms part of a busy first day for the president - he travels to Germany shortly to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel. |
| The naming of a new prime minister, Mr Macron's first big appointment, came after hours of fevered speculation in France. | The naming of a new prime minister, Mr Macron's first big appointment, came after hours of fevered speculation in France. |
| Already tipped as favourite for the job, Edouard Philippe, mayor of the northern port city of Le Havre, has long been close to Alain Juppé, who was runner-up in the race for the Republican presidential nomination in November 2016. Responding to the announcement, Mr Juppé praised the new prime minister as a man of "great talent". | |
| President Macron faces crucial parliamentary elections next month and may need the support of the centre right to push through his planned economic reforms. | President Macron faces crucial parliamentary elections next month and may need the support of the centre right to push through his planned economic reforms. |
| Mr Macron, a 39-year-old former investment banker and economy minister, was inaugurated on Sunday in a ceremony at the Elysée Palace. | Mr Macron, a 39-year-old former investment banker and economy minister, was inaugurated on Sunday in a ceremony at the Elysée Palace. |
| His new party, La République en Marche (Republic on the move), announced last week a list of 428 candidates for June's elections, half of whom were women. Only 5% were MPs in the outgoing French parliament - and those MPs were all from the Socialist left. | |
| The staunchly pro-EU president's meeting with Chancellor Merkel is eagerly awaited in Berlin. | |
| "The election of the new French president offers us here the possibility to bring dynamism into the development of Europe," Mrs Merkel said on Monday. | |
| However, she was cautious on his plans for reforming the eurozone. | |
| "There are many proposals which have been on the table for years," she told reporters. "Of course, I will discuss this with him and I will say let's be open, so we can achieve things together, not get stuck on what can't be done." |