Newly appointed French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is to lay out his government’s policies in a statement to the National Assembly in Paris on Tuesday afternoon. Barnier, who took office three weeks ago, has formed a centre-right government that lacks a majority in the assembly and could from the outset face a vote of no confidence from either the left or right in the divided parliament. The former European Union commissioner, who was also responsible for negotiating the terms of Brexit, announced he would seek a realignment in French politics when he was appointed by President Emmanuel Macr…