Tag: PM Edouard Philippe

• Tuesday, May 16th 2017 - 07:52 UTC

  Generational shift in France: Macron names a Conservative, 46, prime minister

  

  In his first major decision, newly inaugurated French President Emmanuel Macron has named conservative lawmaker Edouard Philippe as prime minister. Philippe has been the mayor of Le Havre, a port city in the Normandy region of northern France, since 2010 and became a member of parliament for the region two years later.