President Emmanuel Macron has moved quickly to appoint Sebastien Lecornu as France's new Prime Minister.

The appointment comes almost exactly 24 hours after Francois Bayrou lost a confidence vote in the National Assembly - rejecting his bid to make £40bn in savings and cutting two of the country's annual public holidays.

Image: Francois Bayrou was ousted in a no confidence vote. Pic: Reuters

Lecornu, 39, is a Macron loyalist - he is the only minister to have served in all eight years of Macron's presidency and ran his re-election campaign.

Publicly, the outgoing armed forces minister is a serious figure, giving little away, but is said to be lively and engaged behind the scenes.

He's known to be a wily political operator, despite his young years.

By picking someone close to him

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