Newly-appointed French Minister of the Overseas Manuel Valls (2nd L) delivers speech flanked by French outgoing Minister attached to the Interior Minister in charge of the Overseas Francois-Noel Buffet (2nd R) during a handover ceremony at the Ministry of the Overseas in Paris on December 24, 2024. French President named a new government on December 23, 2024, putting together a team under his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images)