French PM resigns ahead of cabinet overhaul, Borne seen taking job


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  • Monday, 16 May 2022

FILE PHOTO: French Prime Minister Jean Castex arrives to attend the last weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Jean Castex handed his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, paving the way for a long-awaited cabinet overhaul and the likely appointment of the second woman to the job in 30 years.

Macron - who was re-elected in April and needs to show he has heard the frustrations of voters expressed in low turnout and big support for the radical far-right and far-left - has said he is looking for a premier with green and social policy credentials.

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