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Barnier fights to form French government amid no-confidence threats
Party spokesperson says new PM has ‘complex equation to solve’ and is unlikely to appoint ministers this week
The new French prime minister, Michel Barnier, has continued negotiations with potential ministers as he struggles to form a government to end the country’s political deadlock.
The veteran politician and former EU Brexit negotiator, appointed by the president, Emmanuel Macron, earlier this month, had promised to form a new administration this week after “listening to everybody”.
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