NNA - After weeks of waiting, the French government headed by Michel Barnier was announced on Saturday. It is a right-wing government with 39 ministers, and its first task will be to pass the draft budget, according to "Agence France-Presse".

Centrist Jean-Noël Barrot was given the foreign ministry portfolio, radical conservative Bruno Rottayeu took over the interior ministry, while Macron's ally Sébastien Lecornu once again took over the military portfolio.

The government will hold its first meeting on Monday afternoon at the Elysee.

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