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Sep 2024
11m 55s

France finally gets a new PM

Financial Times
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President Emmanuel Macron has named the EU’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s next prime minister. Plus, Europe’s sustainable investment funds double down on defence stocks, and Ukraine ​President Volodymyr Zelenskyy carries out his biggest wartime cabinet reshuffle yet.


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Europe’s ESG funds more than double defence holdings amid Ukraine war 

Michel Barnier promises respect for ‘all political forces’ as French PM 

Zelenskyy seeks ‘new energy’ with Ukraine’s biggest wartime cabinet reshuffle

 

The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Saffeya Ahmed, Michela Tindera, Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


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