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What’s cooking in Paris? No new government in sight

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Published: July 12th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

France’s Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is still popular with MPs from the Macron camp. But the president wants to replace him.
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The Olympic flame is expected to be presented next Sunday at the Palais Bourbon, the proud seat of the National Assembly on the banks of the Seine. It was planned that the President of Parliament would receive the flame. But this will not happen – because it is not yet clear who will hold this office. The French MPs will not elect the presidency of their parliament until July 18. On this day, the various political groups in the National Assembly will also be officially announced. The political groups are currently still struggling to decide on their composition.

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