Manuel Valls

Remi Piet is Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Diplomacy and International Political Economy at Qatar University.

This Article is from AlJazeera English

Segolene Royal, former partner of France's President Francois Hollande, has entered the country's new government.

French Interior Minister Manuel Valls becomes the country's Prime Minister after Jean-Marc Ayrault resigned.

President Francois Hollande announced the move hours after his ruling Socialists suffered a bad defeat in the country's local elections, where center-right opposition UMP triumphed and far-right National Front showed unprecedented success, France 24 has reported.