Rightwinger Le Maire named France's economy minister Bruno Le Maire was appointed economy minister in Emmanuel Macron's first cabinet, while fellow Republicans MP Gerald Darmanin will serve as public accounts minister. Republicans secretary general, Bernard Accoyer, said Le Maire and Darmanin had been excluded from the party for accepting Macron's outstretched hand and accused Macron of trying to "sew up the democratic debate" by poaching from his rivals. IMAGES of arrivals