Manuel Valls

Newly-inaugurated French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a conservative prime minister in a move to broaden his political appeal and weaken his opponents before legislative elections in June.

French President-elect Emmanuel Macron's party on May 11 unveiled more than 400 candidates who will stand in parliamentary elections in June, with half of them newcomers to politics and half of them women.

Benoit Hamon, a former Socialist government rebel, won the first round of a primary on Jan. 22, and will meet ex-prime minister Manuel Valls in a runoff to decide who will be the candidate of the beleaguered left in a presidential election in spring. 

Primary elections of political parties continue in France three months before the presidential elections.

On Monday, the biggest surprise came from the Socialists camp. The winner in the first round of the elections turned out to be Benoît Hamon, former Education Minister at the beginning of the presidency of François Hollande.

Former French Prime Minister and probable candidate of the left-wing for president Manuel Valls has called for "smart implementation" of the Stability and Growth Pact, and opposed the accession of Turkey to the EU, reported BNT.

These were some of the points on the political agenda of Valls announced on Tuesday.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was appointed as the new prime minister on Dec. 6 after Manuel Valls resigned to seek the Socialist nomination in the presidential election, the presidency said.

The French president, François Hollande, has named Bernard Cazeneuve to head the French government as prime minister until a presidential election next May.

In light of the political events around the world, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has made a cataclysmic prediction, saying that Europe could "die."

Valls was speaking in Berlin during an event organized by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, RT has reported.

BELGRADE - Europe is at risk of collapse, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has stated during a trip to Berlin, warning that "Europe could die."

PARIS - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic will speak with French counterpart Manuel Valls in Paris on Thursday, September 15, and President Francois Hollande on Friday, September 16, it has been announced in Paris.

The schedule of the visit, seen by Tanjug, is very ambitious and includes political, European and economic topics.