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Most of the southern half of France, including the Var and the Alpes-Maritimes, is under Meteo France warnings for high temperatures today
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TGV services across much of France are gradually improving after several arson attacks affected the network in the early hours of this morning.
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Paris is getting ready to shut down it’s city centre and its airspace as well as mobilise 45,000 police and several army units in what has been billed as the biggest open-air show on Earth.
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Lucie Castets, the left-wing candidate for Prime Minister, reiterated her desire to lead the government during a media appearance on July 25. A poll showed that nearly 60% of French people oppose President Macron appointing Castets, while 40% support it.
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French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to welcome world leaders to the Olympic games opening ceremony tomorrow night and has been visiting key venues before they open, in order to both ramp up France’s global image and appeal to French people who are sceptical about the cost and impact of the games.
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France will host the 2030 Winter Olympics in the Alpes, conditional on state and regional financial guarantees. President Macron confirmed his full support. This will follow the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, making it the second Olympics in six years for France.
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Ahead, of attending the opening ceremony in Paris on Friday, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco have visited the prince’s very own personal collection of up to 40 Olympic torches currently on display at the Grimaldi Forum.
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In a televised interview on French television Tuesday evening French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will maintain the country’s centrist caretaker government until the end of the Olympic Games in mid-August to avoid disorder, dismissing an effort by a leftwing alliance to name a prime minister.
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Ropes have been installed to facilitate swimming and exiting the water, particularly for seniors, on five beaches in Nice.
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A proposal to repeal the pension reform has been submitted to the French National Assembly by far-left La France Insoumise (LFI). They believe there is enough support to overturn the reform. The far-right Rassemblement National (RN) supports the proposal, but right-wing Les Républicains (LR) oppose forming a coalition with the president's party.
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French President Emmanuel Macron will give his first interview since the legislative elections this evening at 8pm on France 2.
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During a visit to the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis, President Emmanuel Macron declared that France is ready for the Paris 2024 Olympics, set to begin on Friday. He inaugurated a police station and fire station, highlighting the security efforts for the event.
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A police officer and five protesters have been injured after violence erupted when about 4,000 people turned out for a demonstration in La Rochelle over the use of reservoirs to supply large-scale agriculture.
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