Macron’s Naming of Right-Wing PM Is Affront to Democracy, Says Left Coalition
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday named the right-wing politician Michel Barnier as prime minister, prompting outrage from a coalition of left-of-center parties that won the most seats in recent parliamentary elections and argued that the premier should be chosen from its ranks. The decision marks the end of an unprecedented period in which France hasn’t had an active government…