New French prime minister Michel Barnier delivers a speech during the handover ceremony, September 5, 2024 in Paris
THE French far right vetoed President Emmanuel Macron’s first choice to be the country’s new prime minister, it emerged today.
The new prime minister, Michel Barnier, pledged to work with “all those in good faith” towards more respect and unity in the politically divided nation.
In his first speech after taking office, Mr Barnier said: “The French today need and expressed their need for respect, unity and appeasement.”
ROGER McKENZIE reports on the west African country, under its new anti-imperialist government, taking up the case for compensation for colonial-era massacres
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
