France's new PM to propose cabinet line-up

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00:00After two months of political deadlock, France could be edging towards a new government.

00:06Prime Minister Michel Barnier submitted his list for a new cabinet to Emmanuel Macron

00:10on Thursday, with some names already filtering through.

00:14These include Conservative Senate leader Bruno Retailleau, touted for the interior ministry.

00:20A nomination that would mark a shift to the right, but not enough to satisfy the far-right

00:25national rally.

00:26Between him and his predecessor, Mr Darmanin, there's not much difference.

00:32They're the same.

00:33They have the same political affiliation and ideas.

00:36The same failures as well.

00:40France has been unable to form a government since July's snap election saw a left-wing

00:45coalition win the largest number of seats in parliament.

00:48But without a working majority, and plagued by internal disputes, the left has been unable

00:53to build on these electoral gains.

00:55Last month, Macron rejected its pick for prime minister, nominating former Brexit

01:00negotiator Michel Barnier instead, a move widely criticised by socialist MPs, yet some

01:06remained quietly hopeful the new cabinet would reflect the will of the French people expressed

01:11in the July polls.

01:16We don't have a choice but to stay optimistic, and we can only hope that of all of the cabinets

01:22we've seen under Mr Macron, the last one will be the best.

01:28Other possible nominations include centrist Jean-Noël Barrault for foreign minister,

01:33and Sébastien Lecornu staying on as defence minister.

01:37The full make-up of the new cabinet should be unveiled by Sunday.

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