IN THE first test of his promise to bridge the party divide, Emmanuel Macron has appointed a government marked by political balance, novelty and competence. A day after his inauguration on May 14th, France's president named as prime minister Edouard Philippe, the centre-right mayor of Le Havre, to counterbalance his own roots on the left. Two days later, he unveiled a post-partisan team of ministers that mixes left and right, old and new.
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