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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Jewish students condemn antisemitic tweets about French PM Gabriel Attal

New prime minister and the minister of the interior surrounded by media on visit to a police station
Attal (centre) is France’s youngest prime minister and the first out gay politician in the role. Photograph: Eric Tschaen/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock

The French Union of Jewish Students has called for sanctions against people who have written antisemitic and homophobic comments about France’s new prime minister, Gabriel Attal, on the social network X.

Attal, 34, who was appointed by the president, Emmanuel Macron, this week, is France’s youngest prime minister and also the first out gay politician in the job.

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