The new French president, Emmanuel Macron, has appointed a centre-right politician, Edouard Philippe, as prime minister, in a move to enlarge his political base and weaken traditional parties.
Philippe, 46, is a relatively unknown figure to the public even if he has been mayor of Le Havre, France's second port city, since 2010.
His name had been circulating since Macron's election on 7 May, as a way of signalling a renewal of the French political class.
Philippe's nomination...
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