Michel Barnier, the man the pro-Brexit press loved to hate could emerge today as the new French PM. According to Fr media, Barnier (73) will be “tested” by Macron today as an elder statesman who might be broadly acceptable to a majority in the much-splintered National Assembly 1/

‼️🇫🇷 So it IS Michel Barnier. President Emmanuel Macron has just pulled the 73 years old former Brexit negotiator out of retirement to become France's Prime Minister to end a 50 days old crisis. And perhaps start a new one.

Senior French official re news of Michel Barnier and UK-EU reset: "Who said we're not in 2016 anymore??" 🥶😂🇫🇷🇬🇧

Michel Barnier named as French prime minister Sarah White ft.com/content/65441c… via @ft

President Macron named Michel Barnier as France’s prime minister. Our expert Mujtaba Rahman says “he’s a safe pair of hands known to market participants, known to Europe, and the domestic political elite within France.” ft.com/content/65441c…

Macron has tapped the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France's prime minister. The person who holds the key to Barnier’s survival is the far right’s Marine Le Pen, warns Eurasia Group's Mujtaba Rahman. Here's what lies ahead of him. gzeromedia.com/news/watching/…

Brexiteers need to get over themselves. Michel Barnier appointment as France's PM has nothing - like zero - to do with the UK The €sceptic Right tends to obsess a lot more over the EU than the EU obsesses over them

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The key figure for Michel Barnier’s survival: Marine Le Pen. Our expert Mujtaba Rahman explains how, given the math, Le Pen has the power to bring down the Barnier government whenever she chooses. GZERO Media gzeromedia.com/news/watching/…

France's new prime minister Michel Barnier isn't beginning his job from a place of political strength. “Le Pen has the power to bring down the Barnier government whenever she chooses," Eurasia Group expert Mujtaba Rahman warns. gzeromedia.com/news/watching/…