Two months after the snap elections resulted in a divided legislature, French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed two-time European Commissioner Michel Barnier to the office of prime minister, saying he wanted to create “a unifying government in the service of the country”. As he prepares to take the helm, Barnier’s erstwhile colleagues in Brussels are lining up to congratulate him on his return to the heart of European politics. “I’m very happy about the nomination of Michel Barnier,” former European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker told Euronews. “I appointed him as chief negotia…