France's new Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on Monday that security would be his top priority as he and other ministers from Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government took office on Monday.

France's new right-leaning government held its first meeting early on Monday, with Prime Minister Michel Barnier presiding over a working breakfast before a first official cabinet meeting at

Bruno Retailleau calls for order ‘on the streets’ and ‘at the borders’ as he takes control of France’s interior ministry

Prime Minister Michel Barnier has put together a cabinet he hopes will find cross-party support in the fragmented parliament.

The new cabinet pulls in allies from the centre and right, despite left-wing parties winning France's election.

The new cabinet remains largely dominated by ministers from the ranks of President Emmanuel Macron despite his party’s heavy losses in recent parliamentary elections.