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After serving as labour minister in the previous government, Borne succeeds Jean Castex, whose resignation was expected following President Emmanuel Macron’s reelection last month.
Castex is the mayor of Prades, a town in the Pyrenees, and has been overseeing the exit from France's coronavirus lockdown.
The French president, who asked Elisabeth Borne to stay on as prime minister, has been meeting six political opponents one by one after his coalition lost its majority.
France's COVID-19 deaths are currently at the highest level since the peak of the pandemic in April.
What can be expected from Emmanuel Macron's newly reshuffled government amid the COVID-19 crisis and ahead of the 2022 presidential race?