France's Macron appoints centre-right PM to widen appeal

View photosFrench President Emmanuel Macron hopes to attract young modernists to his new party ahead of parliamentary elections in June (AFP Photo/CHARLY TRIBALLEAU)
MoreParis (AFP) – France’s new President Emmanuel Macron named Edouard Philippe, a little-known centre-right mayor, as prime minister on Monday, in his first major decision since taking power on a promise to lead a French “renaissance”.
Philippe, a 46-year-old MP and mayor of the northern port of Le Havre, co