by newzulu
FRANCE, Paris: Newly appointed French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (R) escorts France's outgoing Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (L) following the handover ceremony at the Foreign Ministry on February 12, 2016 in Paris during which Former PM Jean-Marc Ayrault became new French foreign minister. French President Francois Hollande reshuffled his cabinet on February 11, 2016, naming Jean-Marc Ayrault foreign minister and adding several ecologists to government as he seeks to widen his political base ahead of a presidential poll in 2017.