the 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 the 73y old Michelle bar who will be the oldest prime minister in France's modern political history Michelle B in fact led the eu's talks with Britain over its exit from the block from 2016 to 2021 the pr to the conservative politician had held roles in various French governments and was also an EU commissioner he's a member of the liberal conservative party the Republicans the appointment has come after weeks of president macron deliberating with political parties he rejected the left scandate Lucy caste and the left isn't happy with b as the 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 far right National rally whose party is one of the biggest in the parliament has in fact put out a post on social media saying in I quot will judges General policy speech his budgetary decisions and his actions on the evidence we reserve all political means of action of this is not the case in the coming weeks the two-month old chaos began with macron's decision to call for SNAP parliamentary election the results through the Centrist Coalition out of majority and produced a hung Parliament while B's appointment does end weeks of political deadlock the tough days haven't ended with a fractured Parliament adopting reforms will be a bit of a challenge the first major task for B will be to submit next year's budget plan to the National Assembly and if other parties are not satisfied then it could trigger a of no confidence and we earlier spoke with our correspondent Ross Colin listening to what he have to say well the reception from the leftwing has been interesting if you look at the the leaders from the different parties making up the new popular front they have been Furious about this appointment of Michelle barer by the French President they have called for Mass Street protests they have said it is a denial of democracy they have said the election has been stolen they finished first in the snap vote uh in July but they had the greatest number of MPS combined but they were still well short of a majority we have more or less three main blocks in the French Parliament as a result of that snap election the left the center and the far rights none of them at the 200 189 MPS you need to form a majority in the National Assembly therefore there was going to have to be some form of compromise some form of Coalition and the French President surprisingly has gone for a representative of the party which finished fourth in the election for all the latest news download the Von app And subscribe to our YouTube channel