Macron Names Gabriel Attal Youngest French Prime Minister
- He replaces Elisabeth Borne, who stepped down on Monday
- President says counting on Attal’s ‘energy and commitment’
Gabriel Attal arrives for the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon, in Paris.
Photographer: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
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President Emmanuel Macron appointed a 34-year-old ally as France’s prime minister in a bid to bring fresh impetus to his administration just months ahead of European Parliament elections.
Gabriel Attal, whose latest post was education minister, becomes the first out gay man to head the government in France and the youngest to hold the post in modern history. One of his biggest challenges will be to try to contain the growing popularity of the far-right.