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00:00The handover of power will take place in the building behind me, Matignon, the Prime Minister's office on Wednesday.
00:08François Bayrou will hand over power to Sébastien Le Corneau, a 39-year-old who's loyal and very close to the French president Emmanuel Macron.
00:16Any hopes the socialists may have had that Macron would choose from their ranks have been dashed.
00:21Since Macron came to power in 2017, Sébastien Le Corneau has worked in his government in various roles.
00:27He'll be leaving the Ministry of the Armed Forces to take on yet another very complex task.
00:33The communiqué released by the Élysée Palace says his first task will be to consult the political forces in Parliament with a view to adopting a budget for the nation.
00:44Now getting a budget through the French Parliament, that was the downfall of François Bayrou and Michel Barnier before him.
00:51Because France's Parliament is very divided, with powerful blocs on the left and the far right.
00:58We've already seen reactions from the various political opposition parties and groups accusing the president Emmanuel Macron of being in denial about where French politics is at,
01:08about hoping nothing needs to change and he can go on and name yet another centrist prime minister and ally.
01:13Has being the prime minister become a poisoned chalice, Sébastien Le Corneau certainly has his work cut out and that's an understatement.
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