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New French Government Unveiled
Change or continuity ?

A right-wing cabinet
Sarkozy has packed his new cabinet with popular right wingers, in a move to court the traditional Gaullist wing of his party - like Former premier and foreign minister Alain Juppé as defence minister - while shedding the leftists, such as now ex-Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. Sarkozy puts an end to his flirtation with appointing famous leftwing personalities to government, which had annoyed his rightwing base. Some other famous politicians leave the government, like Eric Woerth, accused of taking illegal cash from France's richest woman Liliane Bettencourt to subsidize Sarkozy’s successful 2007 presidential election bid, and Jean-Louis Borloo, a centrist who held the No. 2 post as environmental minister. As he was disappointed at not being named as the new Prime Minister, he declined other posts and resigned from the government. He prefers being freer to express his opinion about Sarkozy's policies, trying to unite the centre-right ahead of the 2012 election. It also proves that Sarkozy's reshuffle, by keeping France suspense for 5 months, has caused bitter rivalries in the French cabinet. In addition, popular Senegal-born Rama Yade's defiance of the President cost her the role of Secretary of State for Sports in the government. Lastly, the leftwing feminist campaigner Fadéla Amara was ejected from her role to improve the riot-hit suburbs. She criticised the "inertia and sectarianism" she had encountered in office. It also marked the end of appointing high-profile women from ethnic minorities

Francois Fillon's Third Government :
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