By John Irish
PARIS (Reuters) – Thousands of individuals took to the streets throughout France on Saturday to demonstration President Emmanuel Macron’s choice to designate centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister with left-wing celebrations implicating him of taking legal elections.
Macron called 73-year-old Barnier, a conservative and the European Union’s previous Brexit arbitrator, as prime minister on Thursday, topping a two-month-long search following his unfortunate choice to call a legal election that provided a hung parliament divided in 3 blocs.
In his veryfirst interview as federalgovernment chief, Barnier stated on Friday night that his federalgovernment, which doesnothave a clear bulk, will consistof conservatives, members of Macron’s camp and he hoped some from the left.
Barnier dealswith the intimidating job of attempting to drive reforms and the 2025 budgetplan, as France is under pressure from the European Commission and bond markets to decrease its deficit.
The left, led by the far-left France Unbowed (LFI) celebration, hasactually implicated Macron of a rejection of democracy and taking the election after Macron declined to choice the cand