Article 55BMD 'Unite the nation': Jean Castex replaces Édouard Philippe as French prime minister – video

'Unite the nation': Jean Castex replaces Édouard Philippe as French prime minister – video

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France has a new prime minister after President Emmanuel Macron named career civil servant Jean Castex as the replacement for Edouard Philippe. Castex will be part of Macron's new course' for the last two years of his mandate.

Castex, from the centre right of French politics, coordinated France's successful exit from lockdown and is widely known as Monsieur Deconfinement. He will form the next government

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