Ségolène Royal gets key role in French cabinet reshuffle --- Ségolène Royal, the French president's former partner, has been given a key cabinet position in a dramatic government reshuffle. -- Royal, 60, was appointed environment, sustainable development and energy minister in François Hollande's new "government of combat", a shakeup regarded as the president's last chance to fulfil his election pledges and salvage his reputation. -- It is a long-awaited comeback for Royal, an experienced politician and former Socialist party (PS) presidential candidate and came exactly 22 years after she took up her first ministerial job on 2 April 1992. -- She had been angling for a government post since Hollande was elected in 2012, despite having witheringly said of her former partner before he came to power: "Can the French people name a single thing he has achieved in 30 years in politics?" - More, Kim Willsher in Paris - Guardian, at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/02/segolene-royal-french-cabinet-reshuffle