France’s new government announced with only one major change at the foreign ministry
![]() 2262 Friday, 12 January, 2024, 01:54 The new government of French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal was announced Thursday with only one major change at the foreign ministry, while most high-profile Cabinet members remained unchanged. The interior, finance, defense and justice ministers remain in place, according to the French presidency’s statement. The members of the government were agreed upon by the 34-year-old Attal, who is France’s youngest-ever premier, and centrist President Emmanuel Macron. Stéphane Séjourné, 38, has been named as France’s foreign affairs minister, succeeding Catherine Colonna. Séjourné is the head of Macron’s Renaissance party and the leader of the Renew Europe group of liberal, pro-European lawmakers at the European Parliament. He also is Attal’s ex-partner. Attal, France’s first openly gay prime minister, made their relationship public when he first joined Macron’s government in 2018. The two men never publicly confirmed their breakup, but in his October declaration to the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life, which compiles declarations by high-ranking officials to record potential conflicts of interest, Attal declared having no partner. ![]() |
1M barrel tanker explodes off Libyan coast
232Yesterday, 21:56Kazakhstan bans face coverings in public places
263Yesterday, 21:05935 killed in Iran in 12-day war
319Yesterday, 16:35Searches underway at "Sputnik-Azerbaijan" news agency office in Baku (video)
262Yesterday, 14:46Azerbaijanis arrested in Voronezh region
357Yesterday, 13:17Lavrov: "I would like the canonical Armenian Church not to be attacked" (photo)
373Yesterday, 11:52Trump says 'very wealthy' group to buy TikTok
35429.06.2025, 21:34Zelensky signs decree to withdraw from Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines, lawmaker says
46229.06.2025, 19:24