Macron Installs “Centrist” Michelle Barnier as Prime Minister

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“Centrist” is code for a middle of the road Marxist who pretends to be “moderate”.

Far-Left Protests Across France, Accuses Macron of a ‘Coup’ by Installing Barnier as PM

Far-Left Protests Across France, Accuses Macron of a ‘Coup’ by Installing Barnier as PM

Thousands of leftists took to the streets of France Saturday over President Emmanuel Macron’s installation of centrist Michelle Barnier as prime minister.

Protesters poured through Paris and cities across France to back the leftist New Popular Front (NFP), a coalition of social democrats, greens and communists, which with the help from President Macron won the most seats in last month’s legislative elections, despite not winning the most votes, with Marine Le Pen’s National Rally gaining millions more votes than the NFP.

The protests were called for after Macron appointed centre-right Michel Barnier, who previously served as the EU’s Brexit negotiator, as his new prime minister, enraging the far-left, who accused the president of a “coup” and of going against democracy.

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Barnier also faces pressure from the right, with the populist National Rally (RN) party vowing to act as a “referee” against the new technocratic government after having been blocked from taking control of the National Assembly by a strategic voting alliance between Macron and the New Popular Front in July’s elections.

RN president Jordan Bardella said that Barnier will be a “prime minister under surveillance,” adding: “Michel Barnier will have to integrate the subjects of the National Rally into his action.”

“I had contacts with officials, elected officials on the left. I will see all the political groups, including those who put up automatic and prior opposition before even knowing the government’s project.”