Jean Castex appointed French Prime Minister after Edouard Philippe resigns
(WorldNews Europe)

France`s President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a new prime minister in an effort to relaunch his government in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and with an eye on the next election in 2022. Jean Castex, a technocrat from the centre-right, was named as the new head of the executive just weeks after he was tapped to lead the French recovery strategy on the coronavirus lockdown. Mr Castex worked for former president Nicolas Sarkozy and was also...