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china news service, paris, september 21 (reporter li yang) on the evening of september 21 local time, the list of members of the new french government was announced, and most of the ministerial positions were replaced, including the minister of the interior, the minister of economy and finance, the minister of foreign affairs, etc.

the french presidential palace released the list submitted by prime minister barnier that evening. there are many new faces in the new government. among several heavyweight ministerial positions, bruno letaileau will serve as minister of the interior, jean-noel barrot will serve as minister of foreign affairs, and antoine armand will serve as minister of economy and finance.

france's new interior minister letailou, 63, is the chairman of the republican party in the french senate (upper house of parliament) and an important figure in the republican camp. the new foreign minister barrot, 41, is from the ruling party camp and previously served as the chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the french national assembly (lower house of parliament). the new minister of economy and finance armand, 33, previously served as the chairman of the economic committee of the french national assembly.

only a handful of ministers were retained, including le cornu as defense minister and dati as culture minister. darmanin, le maire, moretti and others were not retained as ministers. foreign minister barrot's predecessor, serjounet, has been nominated as executive vice president of the european commission, responsible for industrial strategy and other matters.

after being appointed as prime minister by president macron earlier this month, barnier has been busy forming a new government and holding intense consultations with major parties. he submitted a preliminary list of government members to macron on the 19th. french bfm tv revealed that macron had objections to some of the candidates on the list, but macron publicly stated that barnier had "full freedom" to form a government. barnier submitted the final list of government members to macron on the evening of the 20th.

analysts generally believe that the new french government is clearly leaning towards the right, with several right-wing republican members serving as ministers or ministerial representatives. barnier himself is from the republican party. in addition, a considerable proportion of ministerial candidates are from the ruling party. the left-wing factions do not have any significant representatives in the new government. neither the extreme left nor the extreme right parties have joined the new government.

after the list was released, barnier said on social media that the government team has been formed and is now starting to work. (end)