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Monday, July 8, 2024
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Monday, July 8, 2024
Macron asks French PM Attal to remain in position ‘for time being’
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal attend a ceremony at the Mont-Valerien memorial in Suresnes, outside Paris, on June 18, 2024. (Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
France’s President Emmanuel Macron asked Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to remain in his post “for the time being to ensure the stability of the country,” the presidency says.
Macron “thanked him for leading the campaigns” of his centrist alliance for the European and parliamentary elections, it adds, after Attal submitted his resignation.
