Gabriel Attal, 34, was on Tuesday, 9 January, named France's next prime minister, as Emmanuel Macron looked to revive his presidency with a new government. Attal who replaces Élisabeth Borne, who resigned after 20 months in office, is the youngest PM in modern French history, outranking even Socialist Laurent Fabius who was 37 when he was appointed by François Mitterrand in 1984. Attal, who is currently education minister, will now have the task of leading the French government into important European Parliament elections in June.
