France names first female Prime Minister in 30 years

Borne will replace “Follow your dreams all the way,” Borne said in a speech. “Nothing must hold back the fight for the place of women in society.”Earlier Monday the Elysée Palace announced that Castex had tendered his resignation.The former mayor of his small hometown of Prades in southwest France, Castex was a little known figure when he became Prime Minister in July 2020. He went on to lead France’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.