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Green party candidate Bruno Bernard is elected president of the metropolis of Lyon by an absolute majority, announces centrist senator and assembly dean Michèle Vullien. IMAGES
French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen tours the Paris International Agricultural Show, taking selfies and sampling the produce on display. A few cries of "Marine Présidente" ("Marine President") punctuated her visit. IMAGES
French farmers are returning to south-west France, stopping in Bergerac in the Dordogne region to rest. French authorities announced on Friday that the worst of a crisis that saw farmers block roads for days was over, but demonstrations continue elsewhere in Europe, including Spain, Italy and Greece. IMAGES
The head of French union Young Farmers Arnaud Gaillot said blockading Paris would be a "last resort", but urged the government to avoid "paralysing the country". Standing alongside the union FNSEA, Gaillot asserts that "the ball is in the government's court" whom it urged to avoid "paralysing the country". French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is due to make "concrete proposals" on Friday, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. SOUNDBITE
Gerard Larcher, senator for the Yvelines, has been re-elected to a fifth three-year term in the Senate. A formality for this right-wing tenor, supported by the centre and appreciated beyond. IMAGES
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