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Le Drian remains in the government.... but not at defence !
Newly installed French president Emmanuel Macron unveiled his first government on Wednesday with the left, the right, the centre and ecologists are all represented in his first government.
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- Macron unveils first centrist government featuring figures from left and right and a famous ecologist
- The government is also balanced between men and women
Macron named his government on Wednesday which featured figures from the right, the left, the centre and a famous ecologist.
Macron and his Prime Minister Philippe Edouard named Bruno Le Maire from the right-wing Republicans party as the Minister for Economy.
Socialist party stalwart and veteran of François Hollande's government Jean-Yves Le Drian remains in the government but moves over from defence minister to Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
Nicolas Hulot has been named Minister of Ecology Transition. Hulot has been touted as a minister in every government over recent years so it is somewhat of a coup for Macron to persuade him to join his cabinet.
Macron's long term ally Gerard Collomb, the mayor of Lyon, is named interior minister and centrist François Bayrou, who joined forces with Macron at a crucial point in the campaign was named minister for justice.
Sylvie Goulard an MEP with Bayrou's MoDem party was named Defence Minister. Goulard has been Praised for her experience of the EU institutions and helped organised Macron's trip to Berlin to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel during the election campaign.
Other women named as part of the government include Agnès Buzyn as minister for solidarity and health, Muriel Penicaud as minister of labour and Françoise Nyssen as culture minister.
Annick Girardin has been named minister of overseas territories and Laura Flessel the minister of sport.
On the campaign trail ahead of his election on May 7, Macron pledged a slimmed-down group of ministers of around 15 people, half of them women and including people from outside politics.
https://www.thelocal.fr/20170517/live-macron-unveils-his-first-french-government