Following an unprecedented period where France was without a government, Michel Barnier has now announced a cabinet, which in composition is centre-right.

France’s new government dominated by conservatives and centrists has gathered for the first time as Prime Minister Michel Barnier set budget and migrant issues as top priorities.

Barnier convened an early morning meeting with newly appointed ministers ahead of a brief Cabinet session in the afternoon with centrist President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee presidential palace. The long-awaited list of government members was unveiled Saturday,