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France gets a new government after weeks of uncertainty

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FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Chartres Cathedral as part as the European Heritage Days in Chartes, France, 20 September 2024. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron’s chief of staff announced the formation of a new government on Saturday, hoping to put an end to 2-1/2 months of political uncertainty following an inconclusive snap election that delivered a hung parliament.

Antoine Armand will be finance minister and Jean-Noel Barrot will be foreign minister in a government composed largely of centrist and conservative parties, Alexis Kohler said from the presidential Elysee Palace late on Saturday.

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