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A procession of demonstrators sets off from Place de la Bastille in Paris. The left has called for demonstrations across France to denounce Macron's 'coup de force' following the appointment of LR politician Michel Barnier as Prime Minister. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron launches "a coalition of champions for the financing of natural capital" at the Elysée Palace, in the presence of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Gabonese President Ali Bongo, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, World Bank President Ajay Banga and US Special Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry. IMAGES
The president of the Horizons group Édouard Philippe "does not believe at all that it is possible" that the relative majority build "a government agreement with the far right or with the far left". Emmanuel Macron is continuing his consultations with political forces, in search of a difficult consensus in the National Assembly, three days after the second round of legislative elections. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron announces a 15% hike in donations to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. SOUNDBITE
Tens of thousands of French leftists answer a call by firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon to throng the streets of Paris in protest over President Emmanuel Macron's sweeping reforms of the labour code. IMAGES
Pro-Europe Emmanuel Macron vowS to battle the "threat of nationalists" after result projections show him reaching the runoff in France's presidential election along with far-right leader Marine Le Pen. SOUNDBITE