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Film Producer’s Son Becomes France’s Youngest Prime Minister
French President Emmanuel Macron made history on Tuesday as he appointed 34-year-old politician Gabriel Attal as France’s youngest ever prime minister. Macron has a complex relationship with France…
Macron has a complex relationship with France’s cinema industry, where his pension reforms, attitude to cultural funding and support of Gérard Depardieu have come under fire from some quarters, but his new prime minister comes with interesting film world connections. The new rising star of French politics is the son of late lawyer and film producer Yves Attal, who took credits on Pedro Almodóvar’s High Heels, Roberto Begnini’s The Monster and Bernardo Bertolucci’s Stealing Beauty. Attal replaces Élisabeth Borne who resigned on Monday ahead of a cabinet reshuffle by Macron as he aims to reboot his second presidency, which has been difficult due to the fact he does not have a clear majority.
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