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Ayrault Named French Premier
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President Hollande of France appoints Jean-Marc Ayrault, as the next prime minister. Hollande plans to set the priorities and direction of policies as President and work with Ayrault in getting this implemented. Ayrault, 62 years old, is a professor of German for 13 years. He was a three term mayor of Nantes, a city in western France, which is the 6th largest in the country. He is a member of the French parliament since 1986, experience that will be important to get legislation passed. Elections to the National Assembly will be held in June 2012. His German skills will be useful in reaching out to Germany to forge a common policy for the eurozone. The tone for this was set by the SPD Social Democratic party chairman, Sigmar Gabriel when he said about Ayrault: "He speaks excellent German and understands our political culture very well. This is a strong signal to Germany."
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05/15/2012
French president Hollande's appointment of Ayrault, a professor of German studies as premier, is seen as "a strong signal to Germany." So is the appointment of a former minister of European Affairs, Muscovici, as finance minster. This sets the tone and groundwork for a closer fiscal and political union in Europe, to provide the foundation for the euro as a common currency in the eurozone. Germany and France now have two leaders whose mentors were strong proponents of European Union, former German chancellor Kohl and former European Commission president Jacques Delours.
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