# Macron appoints youngest-ever Prime Minister

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 10, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macron-appoints-youngest-ever-prime-minister/995897 "2024-01-10T14:03:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macron-appoints-youngest-ever-prime-minister/995897/1 "2024-01-10T14:03:31Z")

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Mme Borne has been persuaded to resign and Macron’s choice has gone to a new generation in advance of this year’s elections to the EU Parliament (I note that the leader of the extreme right’s campaign is even younger)

> **[Gabriel Attal becomes youngest French PM as Macron tries to revive popularity](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/gabriel-attal-appointed-youngest-french-pm-as-macron-tries-to-revive-popularity)**
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> Attal, 34, rose in opinion polls during his time as education minister and may help ruling party in EU elections

> **[Gabriel Attal’s real challenge will be to break French parliament’s political...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/gabriel-attals-real-challenge-will-be-to-break-french-parliaments-political-deadlock)**
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> The new PM was chosen to boost Emmanuel Macron’s agenda but, as his predecessor found out, pushing through legislation won’t be easy

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macron-appoints-youngest-ever-prime-minister/995897/2 "2024-01-10T19:24:10Z")

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Politics in France are such a mess right now. It’s always a little messy, because Lord the French love to be contrary, but this is the worst it’s been in a while. I’d like to believe they’ll straighten themselves out but frankly I’m not optimistic.