"There's no takeover," assures new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier in response to protests against his appointment organised by the left across France. "I'll be listening and consulting with all the political groups, including those who have expressed a kind of automatic and prior opposition," says Michel Barnier on the sidelines of his visit to the Necker hospital in Paris. (COMPLETES VIDI36FP7R6_EN AND VIDI36FQ8PG_EN) IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES