France Has A New Prime Minister In Planned Reshuffle

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France Has A New Prime Minister In Planned ReshuffleWatch VideoFrance has a new prime minister after Édouard Philippe resigned Friday as part of a planned government reshuffle. He had been prime minister since 2017. 

French officials said Philippe and President Emmanuel Macron agreed it was time to shift the focus of the government as the country recovers from the...
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News video: President Macron picks new prime minister

President Macron picks new prime minister 01:40

 President Emmanuel Macron named Jean Castex, a top civil servant and local mayor who orchestrated France's coronavirus lockdown exit strategy, as his new prime minister on Friday as he acted to reinvent his administration and win back voters. Soraya Ali reports.