France set to finally get new government

France's outgoing Minister for Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Marc Fesneau (R) and Secretary General of French centrist Mouvement Democrate (MoDem) party Maud Gatel (L) arrive at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, on September 19, 2024. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is conviening on September 19, 2024, party leaders and groups previously consulted, following his separate meetings earlier in the day with the President of the National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet and the President of the Senate Gerard Larcher, in a bid to form a government cabinet. [AFP]

French President Emmanuel Macron was on Friday weighing a new government proposed by Prime Minister Michel Barnier which includes new faces in almost all key posts and marks a fresh shift to the right.

The full cabinet line-up was due to be announced later Friday or by Sunday at the latest, multiple sources told AFP, ending two-and-a-half months of deadlock created by inconclusive legislative elections that wrapped up in July.