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French MPs cast their ballots to elect the President of the National Assembly, during the first session of the 16th legislature of the Fifth Republic. 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 Prime Minister claimed that he was meeting us to prepare a general policy speech, but instead we got the impression that he was preparing a programme of general suffering," says Manuel Bompard Gabriel, far-left France Unbowed (LFI) MP for Bouches-du-Rhone, denouncing a "huge increase in the cost of living" as France Unbowed MPs were met in Matignon by Gabriel Attal. IMAGES
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal pledged to pump "an additional 32 billion euros" into the national healthcare system in the next five years, promising the continuation of a "massive investment" in public hospitals. "Parmi tous les problèmes à résoudre, l’hôpital est en haut de la pile", déclare le Premier ministre, qui visitait avec la nouvelle ministre du Travail, de la Santé et des Solidarités, Catherine Vautrin, le centre hospitalier universitaire de Dijon. (Complète VID34ET6XV_FR) SOUNDBITE
The Law committee at France's National Assembly begins going throught nearly 1,500 amendments to the Immigration bill, some designed to undo the text passed by the Senate, others to make it even tougher. The committee aims to produce a text that can be voted on by a majority of MPs by Sunday. IMAGES
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