Amelie de Montchalin named new French European affairs minister

FrenchFrench president Emmanuel Macron appointed legislator Amelie de Montchalin as new European affairs minister on Sunday to replace Nathalie Loiseau in a small, expected cabinet reshuffle two months before the European elections, reports Reuters.

Loiseau quit her job on Wednesday to lead Macron’s party for the European election campaign. The vote will be held in France and the other countries of the European Union in late May.

Montchalin, 33, was first elected in the lower house in 2017 as a member of the centrist party backing Macron. She previously worked for insurance company AXA as deputy to the strategy director.

The government also appointed Macron’s communication adviser Sibeth Ndiaye as government spokeswoman with the rank of junior minister and Cédric O, an economics adviser to Macron, as junior minister for digital economy.

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