After a deadlocked election, can anyone govern France?
9 Jul 2024
The Economist
Jul 8th 2024
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PARIS
A BLACK OFFICIAL car swept into the courtyard of the Elysée Palace on July 8th carrying Gabriel Attal, the 35-year-old French prime minister. He went to tender his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, as tradition dictates after a parliamentary election. This time, however, the voting a day earlier had been so inconclusive that Mr Macron asked him to stay on in a caretaker role. France has no replacement government ready, and is not yet sure how to form one.
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