two months after elections France finally has a prime minister if in January it was Gabriel atel the youngest prime minister of France today it is 73-year old Mel barer who will be the oldest prime minister in France modern political history in his first remarks his appointment barer pledged that he would work towards more respect and unity in a politically divided country after months of political upheaval [Applause] finally we will need a lot of listening a lot of respect first of all respect between the government and the Parliament respect for all political forces I emphasize all the political forces represented there and I'm going to get to work this evening itself respect also towards social Partners economic partners and then towards locally elected officials who are part of this Republican fabric on the ground which is to our honor and to their honor Baria led the eu's talks with Britain over its exit from the block from 2016 till 2021 prior to that the conservative politician held roles in various French governments and was also an EU commissioner he is a member of the liberal conservative party the Republicans the appointment comes after weeks of president macron deliberating with political parties he rejected the left's candidate Lucy castets and the left isn't happy with bar as prime minister our reaction does not focus on the qualities of this person that is not the subject the subject is that the president has just decided to officially deny the result of the legislative elections that he himself called for and so the election has been stolen from the French people the farri right National rally whose party is one of the biggest in Parliament has put out a post on social media saying that they will judge the new prime minister on his General policy speech his budgetary decisions and his actions on the evidence the two-month old chaos began with macron's decision to call for SNAP parliamentary elections in France the the results threw the Centrist Coalition out of majority and produced a hung Parliament while Bar's appointment does end weeks of political deadlock the tough days haven't ended with a fractured Parliament adopting reforms will be a challenge the first major task for Bara will be to submit next year's budget plan to the National Assembly and if other parties are not satisfied it could trigger a vote of no confidence [Music]