In Paris  President Emmanuel Macron was trying to pick up the pieces after the collapse of the Michel Barnier government and his appointment of centrist François Bayrou as prime minister...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 65 No 25 | 
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- AFRICA
	     After June/July legislative polls that produced no overall majority  and weeks of negotiation where neither he nor the left were prepared to make the compromises required to form a government  the president turned rightwards and appointed the 73-year-old conservative Michel Barnier  a former foreign minister and European Commissioner  as prime minister...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     However  Michel Barnier  the EU's chief negotiator  expressed frustration after the fourth round of talks in June that his UK counterparts had not broached the subjects at all...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Formal talks with the EU negotiating team  led by Michel Barnier  a highly experienced French former Foreign Minister and two-time EU Commissioner  started on 19 June...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     In October 2011  the EU Single Market Commissioner  France’s former Foreign Minister Michel Barnier  published the proposed amendments  which went further than many had expected...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 49 No 10 | 
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- ANALYSIS
	    ' French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier favours market stabilisation and public support for producers  especially in vulnerable sectors...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 46 No 12 | 
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- AFRICA
	    Reform of France's Africa policy has been set back with the sacking of Foreign Minister Michel Barnier and his replacement by a diplomatic novice  Philippe Douste-Blazy...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier on 25 April said the conditions under which the elections had taken place were 'on the whole satisfactory'...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     So too was France's Foreign Minister  Michel Barnier  a sign  say observers  that Faure has clout with France...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     That disaster has turned President Idriss Déby against Khartoum  as he showed during July's visit by French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier...