Trade ministry spat mars first day for new French cabinet


  • World
  • Friday, 04 Apr 2014

PARIS (Reuters) - France's new government faced a first test of unity on Thursday as a power struggle broke out between Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and new Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg over control of trade policy.

This week's announcement of a smaller 16-minister team under new Prime Minister Manuel Valls, France's tough-talking former interior minister, was billed as a break with the chaotic past 22 months of President Francois Hollande's first government.

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