France unveils a more right-wing government after deadlock


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  • Sunday, 22 Sep 2024

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Chartres Cathedral as part as the European Heritage Days in Chartes, France, 20 September 2024. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -France unveiled a new government on Saturday that aims to strike a fine balance between right-wingers and centrists, as Prime Minister Michel Barnier hopes to break political deadlock following snap elections that delivered a hung parliament.

After 2-1/2 months of political uncertainty since centrist President Emmanuel Macron's surprise decision to call early elections, Barnier has put together a cabinet he hopes will find cross-party support in the fragmented parliament.

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