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French President Reshuffles Government After Elections Loss

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French President Francois Hollande said on Monday he had named Interior Minister Manuel Valls to be his new prime minister, replacing Jean-Marc Ayrault, in a government reshuffle triggered by a rout for his Socialists in local elections.

Addressing the country in a short televised speech, Hollande said a key objective for the new government would be pursuing the so-called “responsibility pact” to lower employers’ costs in order to spur job creation.

But in a new move, he also said he would lower taxes and worker contributions and said France would have to persuade EU partners to take into account its efforts to boost the economy when examining its commitments to Brussels.

Nicholas Spiro of Spiro Sovereign Strategy described Valls as “Sarkozy-lite,” a reference to Hollande’s predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy.

“Valls is important because he can improve the politics of economic reforms, as he would be viewed as a more credible prime minister,” Spiro said. “He is a Sarkozy-lite: he is tough on crime, tough on immigration. He is an economic reformer, which is obviously very important as far as the markets are concerned.”
Spiro added, “The real positive about Valls is that France would be getting a premier who is popular, credible, still relatively young and with a lot of charisma.”

via CNBC

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