The fourth government of the year was unveiled by recently-installed French Prime François Bayrou on Monday evening, in what appears to be a doubling down on neo-liberal Macronism, with previously discarded allies of the president returning to power.

Ten days after he was tapped to replace short-termed Michel Barnier as prime minister, François Bayrou announced the ministers that will form his government, yet it remains to be seen if the ‘meet the new boss, same as the old boss’ government will fair better than Barnier’s in surviving the fractured political environment in Paris.

Bayrou’s government will be