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"The priority that I have set for my government (...) is really to democratise access to culture throughout the country, particularly in rural areas," says Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in Montbéliard (Doubs) during his first trip dedicated to culture, to mark the launch of the 2024 "Capital of Culture". SOUNDBITE
French Prime Minister and former Education Minister Gabriel Attal congratulates his successor newly appointed Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera at handover ceremony. Attal vows to make school " the heart of the battles fought by my government". SOUNDBITE
French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal predicts that "one million more people" will receive at least one Covid-19 vaccine jab in the country in February, adding to January's 1.4 million to make a total of "2.5 million at the end of February." SOUNDBITE
French Prime Minister Jean Castex and the Minister for Ecological Transition, Barbara Pompili, welcome to Matignon about twenty representatives of the Citizen's Climate Convention for an update. Several months ago 149 proposals were made by 150, randomly-picked citizens, 146 of which were initially accepted by president Emmanuel Macron. Critics including Grenoble's mayor, ecologist Eric Piolle, say the government is steadily dropping the proposals one by one. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Jean Castex arrives at a "SDIS-SAMU" call centre to meet the personnel who will be keeping a permanent watch for heat-related incidents and emergencies this summer when the Rhone Valley is expected to witness extremely hot weather. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Jean Castex receives representatives of the Citizens' Climate Convention. In his general policy statement last week, he vowed to "make the French economy the most carbon-free in Europe" and promised 20 billion euros for the environment. IMAGES