French Premier Barnier Says He’ll Name New Cabinet Next Week

(Bloomberg) -- France’s newly appointed prime minister, Michel Barnier, said he’ll put forward names for his cabinet next week as France looks to ease out of months of political turmoil.

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“We’ll name a government next week,” he told reporters in Reims, east of Paris, where he was attending a meeting of Horizons, a party allied with President Emmanuel Macron’s group.

One of the most pressing issues for the new administration will be tackling a budget bill for 2025 that must be presented to parliament for debate by Oct. 1.

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