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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal strolls through the centre of Dijon, in Burgundy's Cote-d'Or region, to lend his support to the majority candidates, just a few days before the first round of the early legislative elections. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal convenes an "interministerial crisis unit" meeting at the Interior Ministry following deadly riots in the Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Four people have died, including a gendarme, and hundreds have been wounded. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal arrives at a cattle farm in Montastruc-de-Salies, in the Haute-Garonne region of south-west France, to announce the government's response to the demands of farmers who have been demonstrating in France for over a week. IMAGES
After meeting with the largest farmers union FNSEA, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal met with Rural Coordination, France's 2nd largest farming union. Its president, Veronique Le Floch, said it was "catastrophic" that the Prime Minister had not yet made any emergency announcements, while farmers continued to express their anger throughout France, in a protest that was mourned by the death of a farmer in Ariège, hit by a car at a roadblock. IMAGES
France's new Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera calls for and end "to the chapter of personal attacks" amid growing controversy over the enrolment of her children in private schools. Speaking to the media while visiting the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Oudea-Castera added that she "believes in public schools". SOUNDBITE
A convoy of vehicles with tinted windows enters the courtyard of Matignon. The new French Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, spoke with Emmanuel Macron earlier in the day, while the composition of the government is expected later in the afternoon. IMAGES