The 39 ministers comprising French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's recently unveiled cabinet will focus on tackling the country's debts and reducing "unbearable" levels of migration.
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00:00French Prime Minister Michel Barnier gathered his ministers for a Monday morning government
00:07breakfast ahead of the Cabinet's first official meeting later in the day.
00:12The 39-member Cabinet includes ministers primarily from French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist
00:17alliance and the conservative Republicans.
00:22The French presidential palace unveiled the centre-right government on Saturday, more
00:27than two months after elections produced a hung parliament and deepened political divisions.
00:34A left-wing coalition secured the most seats in the mid-year contest but failed to win
00:39an outright majority.
00:43Barnier put together the government after weeks of difficult negotiations, with Macron
00:48giving it the final tick of approval.
00:52The Prime Minister's first major political test will come on October 1, when he is set
00:57to deliver his general policy speech to the National Assembly.