Following Elisabeth Borne’s resignation, Gabriel Attal becomes France’s youngest prime minister. France’s president Emmanuel Macron selected Gabriel Attal as the nation’s minister of education on Tuesday, becoming the 34-year-old the country’s youngest and first homosexual head of state, according to AFP.

Gabriel Attal received congratulations on X (previously Twitter) from Macron’s Renaissance party chairman Sylvain Maillard, who said, “I am sure that you will be able to faithfully carry out our project and embody the values that are ours.”

Gabriel Attal – the new prime minister of France:

Emmanuel Macron’s close ally Gabriel Attal served as the government spokesman during the Covid epidemic. According to recent opinion surveys, he is among the most well-liked politicians in the nation. He has established a reputation as an astute minister who is personable both in parliament and on radio programmes.

According to France MP Patrick Vignal, “Gabriel Attal is a bit like the Macron of 2017” because the French president was the youngest leader in modern French history when he took office. He will also be the country’s youngest prime minister and the first to be publicly gay.

Why was Gabriel Attal selected by Emmanuel Macron for the position?

Ever since he lost his absolute majority in 2022, Emmanuel Macron has found it difficult to navigate an increasingly tumultuous parliament. The administration can be revitalized by Emmanuel Macron and Gabriel Attal working together, but the head of the opposition stated that the French president will make most of the decisions.

Olivier Faure, the leader of the Socialist Party, remarked, “I don’t care who leads—Elisabeth Borne, Gabriel Attal, or me—the policies will remain the same.”

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