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Today, we look at Michel Barnier鈥檚 surprise selection as French Prime Minister, and a 鈥渉istoric success鈥� for the far-right in Germany.

The EU鈥檚 former Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has been named as the new French prime minister in a surprise announcement by Emmanuel Macron. But will this finally break the deadlock in Paris?

And, Germany鈥檚 anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) has won the election in the eastern state of Thuringia. But how much of a threat are they to the current government?

Adam is joined by Mujtaba Rahman, Europe managing director at the Eurasia Group,
Rym Momtaz, editor in chief of Strategic Europe at Carnegie Europe, and Katya Adler, 麻豆约拍 Europe editor.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the 麻豆约拍. It was presented by the 鈥渇amous鈥� Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Gemma Roper and Sam Mclaren. The technical producer was Jack Graysmark. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.