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Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Emmanuel Macron says he will not name France's new government until after Paris Olympics

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will maintain the country's centrist caretaker government until after the Olympic Games ends in mid-August to avoid "disorder."

His announcement in a TV interview on Tuesday came shortly after the leftist coalition that won the most votes in this month's French parliamentary elections selected little-known civil servant Lucie Castets as their choice for prime minister.

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