BURSTFrench President Emmanuel Macron named loyalist Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister on Tuesday. The choice of Lecornu, a one-time conservative protégé who rallied behind the president's 2017 presidential run, defied expectations that Macron might tack toward the left.
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