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The business district of La Defense in Paris is carefully watching the reaction to the reforms put forward by the new French President Emmanuel Macron.

The make up of his cabinet and the ability of its members to bridge the political and economic divide will be key to the fortunes of France, as it enters a new era under Emmanuel Macron, the country's youngest ever leader.

The cabinet will face the challenge of promoting social and economic reforms to secure a crucial parliamentary majority for Mr Macron's new party, La R茅publique En Marche.

The 麻豆约拍's Joshua Thorpe reports from Paris.

(Picture: La Defense business district in Paris. AFP.)