Last night Manual Valls, the Prime Minister of France was the invited guest to answer questions under the spotlight, on French television, for more than two hours. One cannot but admit that he performed very competently.
He was previously the Minister of the Interior when President Hollande suddenly decided he needed him to reorganise his Government. He nominated Valls as his new Prime Minister on March 31, 2014 and this has already proved to be a master stroke.
Hollande also chose Emanuel Macron as the new Minister of the Economy and he has helped Valls to shift Government objectives more towards the centre and slightly away from the extreme left.
Valls is tri-lingual (Spanish, French and Italian) and was born in Barcelona of a Swiss mother and Spanish father. His English needs a crash course to improve it.
However, no one should underestimate his comprehension of political problems and their context, either in France or Internationally. He has a good grip of what is involved and is lucid and clear when he speaks. This is in no way meant to be a judgement of his political views. He is and remains a Socialist.
The feeling one has is that a page has been turned in French politics. Valls and Macron will revise and discard old principles when necessary to update France and its socialist principles.
Both will also be on the forefront of French politics for many years to come.
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