President Emmanuel Macron has chosen centre-right mayor Edouard Philippe as France's new Prime Minister. <br/><br/>46 year old Mr Philippe is not from the Pesident's new centrist party but from the centre-right Republicans. The choice is seen as an attempt to draw in key figures from both the right and left of French politics. <br/><br/>The announcement forms part of a busy first day for the President. The naming of a new Prime Minister, Mr Macron's first big appointment, came after hours of fevered speculation in France.