BERLIN – Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has nominated Élisabeth Borne as prime minister, replacing Jean Castex. Borne will become only the second woman to hold the position.
The fact that a woman has been named prime minister would be a relatively anodyne event in many other European countries. In France it is not. The country has never had a female president: a woman has made it to the second round of the presidential elections three times, but never won.
[See also: Are we about to see a “new era” for Macron?]
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