Macron reshuffles cabinet after losing parliamentary majority

Ex-health minister Olivier Veran becomes French government spokesperson in second shake-up in six weeks

Emmanuel Macron has reshuffled his government for the second time in six weeks after losing his parliamentary majority in elections in June.

The shake-up brought the former health minister Olivier Veran, who nursed France through the Covid crisis, back into the French president's inner circle in the high-profile role of government spokesperson.