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Michel Barnier , a conservative Gaullist former European commissioner, foreign minister and.
foreign minister, came.
out of retirement at 73 to lead a government.
His survival in government will depend entirely on the goodwill of Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN). That makes her the kingmaker and allows her to pull the plug on Barnier.
France has no tradition of a technical’ government of non-party senior civil servants, central bankers or elder statespersons such as Mario Monti or Mario Draghi .
Some see Barnier as that kind of figure, even though he is a career politician.
But Macron only turned to him as a last resort after exploring two more high-profile alternatives.
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