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Macron begins crisis talks with party leaders to get government up and running

From left, front row: France Unbowed coordinator Manuel Bompard, Greens national secretary Marine Tondelier, French economist Lucie Castets, Socialist Party secretary-general Olivier Faure and French Communist Party national secretary Fabien Roussel arrive at the Elysee Palace in Paris for a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron on August 23, 2024. AFP - DIMITAR DILKOFF

President Emmanuel Macron kicked off negotiations with party leaders on Friday in a bid to resolve France’s political deadlock, which has persisted for more than six weeks since snap legislative elections left the country with a hung parliament.

The situation has left France in political limbo for 47 days, following the elections on 7 July, which failed to give any party a working majority.

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