Gabriel Attal Elected to Be France's Youngest Prime Minister!

<p>&nbsp;French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday named Gabriel Attal as France's prime minister, in his bid to set a new course ahead of European Union elections in the summer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Attal, who is currently education minister, will be the youngest person to hold France's second highest office at the age of 34.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before this was announced, President Macron on Monday had first accepted the resignation of Elisabeth Borne who held the post of Prime Minister for less than two years.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In France, the prime minister heads the government and is appointed by the president, but cannot be fired directly by the president. Macron and Borne face a challenging 2023, with the government on the verge of collapse due to opposition from parliamentarians and the public to its efforts to raise the retirement age.</p><p><br /></p><p>The government suffered another challenge in December, when an early draft of an immigration law considered a key Macron policy was rejected. It was finally approved after being modified to be stricter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ensemble, the liberal coalition comprising Macron's Renaissance party, is lagging behind the far-right National Rally party and the leftist New Ecological and Social People's Union. Attal, a close ally of Macron, was the most popular government minister based on the polls.</p><p><br /></p><p>The political move comes ahead of European Parliament elections in June, where the Renaissance party is seeking to avoid any embarrassing defeat.</p>