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MPs and members of the government observe a minute's silence at the National Assembly following a knife attack in Annecy, in south-east France, in which five people, including four children, were injured. IMAGES
After two rounds of voting, Yaël Braun-Pivet, a member of parliament close to President Emmanuel Macron, is elected president of the French National Assembly, becoming the first woman to hold the position in France. IMAGES
Flags are flown at half-mast at the Palais Bourbon in Paris, which houses the French National Assembly, in tribute to former President of the Republic Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who died on 2 December. IMAGES
French MPs unanimously approved a first reading of an environmentalist-backed bill to restrict the manufacture and sale of products containing PFAS or forever chemicals, although kitchen utensils were excluded from its scope after a major campaign by manufacturers this week. IMAGES
The French National Assembly widely rejected the first motion of no confidence tabled against new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. The motion received 124 votes out of the 289 required. IMAGES
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