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Macron rejects left-wing government amid France’s political deadlock

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen of the National Rally party and the party's president, Jordan Bardella, arrive at the Elysee Palace in Paris for talks with President Emmanuel Macron [Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters]

French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out naming a left-wing government to end the country’s political deadlock, saying it would be a threat to “institutional stability”.

Macron has been searching in successive rounds of talks for a new prime minister since elections in July gave a left-wing alliance the most seats in parliament but not enough to govern.

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