Analysis-France's new government is fragile but don't write it off just yet


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  • Friday, 27 Sep 2024

FILE PHOTO: French Prime Minister Michel Barnier leaves following the first weekly cabinet of the new government at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - It's a mess, but it might just hold.

Despite looking like the most unstable French administration in recent history, despised by the left and propped up by the far-right, Prime Minister Michel Barnier's fragile minority government may last longer than many think, lawmakers and analysts told Reuters.

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