PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron appointed the European Union’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as his new prime minister on Thursday in a bid to finish political paralysis following an inconclusive snap election.
Listed here are a couple of key info about Barnier:
* 1951 – Born Jan. 9 in La Tronche, a suburb of the French Alpine metropolis of Grenoble.
* 1978 – Elected to parliament aged 27, representing the Gaullist, centre-right Savoie district.
* 1992 – Co-organiser of Winter Olympics held at Albertville in his constituency, an occasion nonetheless central to his public picture.
* 1993-95 – Surroundings minister.
* 1995-97 – France’s Europe minister.
* 1999-2004 – EU regional coverage commissioner, liable for grants and subsidies accounting for a 3rd of Union’s funds.
* 2004-05 – International minister.
* 2007-09 – Agriculture minister.
* 2009-10 – EU lawmaker.
* 2010-14 – EU commissioner for inside market and providers. Negotiated in depth new regulation of monetary markets after the worldwide crash, together with reforms unpopular within the Metropolis of London.
* 2016 – Named EU’s Brexit negotiator after Britain’s referendum on leaving the bloc.
* 2021 – Failed in a bid to get his conservative social gathering’s nomination for the 2022 presidential election.
