Macron’s new government and its impact on the EU

On Saturday, Michel Barnier, France’s newly appointed prime minister and former EU Brexit negotiator, unveiled his government, which is dominated by conservatives and centrists from French president Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party.

Among the most contentious appointments is Bruno Retailleau as interior minister, a staunch conservative who has consistently opposed same-sex marriage and voted against enshrining abortion rights in the French constitution.

Barnier faced the challenging task of assembling this cabinet in the wake of elections that left the French National Assembly without a clear majority.

What would such a government mean for Brussels?

Today Radio Schuman answer this question with Euronews’s French reporter in Brussels Gregoire Lory.

A quick overview of today’s Brussels agenda, highlighting the main appointments not to miss.

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