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Senegalese President Macky Sall receives French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe at the presidential palace in Dakar to discuss the fight against jihadism in the Sahel. IMAGES
The Secretary General of the Presidency of the French Republic, Alexis Kohler, announces the names of the new ministers of prime minister Jean Castex's government. Gérald Darmanin takes over the ministry of the interior, thus succeeding ousted Christophe Castaner, lawyer Eric Dupond-Moretti is appointed minister of justice, Barbara Pompili minister of ecological transition and Roselyne Bachelot minister of culture. IMAGES
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker met with First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon in Brussels on Wednesday, as the European Council emergency meeting on the 'Brexit' issue takes place in the Belgian capital. Relations between Scotland and the EU, the 'Brexit' result, as well as the possibility of a second referendum on Scotland’s independence from the UK were expected to top the agenda of the meeting.
Bernard Cazeneuve, French Interior Minister, said on Wednesday in Paris that a British exit from the European Union will not affect the situation with refugees, stranded in Calais, who are trying to reach the UK.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal meets his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte in The Hague. IMAGES
Farmers listen live to French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal giving his general policy statement at the National Assembly, from a motorway blockade near Villabe in Paris outskirts. (COMPLETE VIDI34H939T_EN, VIDI34H93A6_EN, VIDI34H82TM_EN) IMAGES