What To Make of France's Latest Cabinet Shake-Up

Following a limited cabinet reshuffle, France will see the implementation of an emergency plan to repair the damage caused by recent riots, but the government's expected pursuit of a controversial immigration reform later this year could give way to yet more political turmoil. On July 20, French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne pressed ahead with a modest cabinet reshuffle. The reshuffle was long expected, as it served to conclude the ''100 days'' period of reflection that Macron opened on April 17 in response to the public uproar over his government's move to ram its contentious pensions reform through parliament using a constitutional bypass. Macron has since managed to decompress the severe political crisis he faced earlier this year, in spite of the 5-day riots triggered in late June following the killing of a teenager of North African descent....