French PM Attal set to stay on as caretaker for Olympics

President Macron is expected to accept the resignation of his prime minister Gabriel Attal.

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However, Mr Attal is set to remain in place as head of a caretaker government for the Paris Olympics which start in 10 days' time.

A left-wing alliance that won the 7 July election has so far been unable to agree on a potential candidate to replace him.

Mr Attal made no comment to journalists as he left his government's final cabinet meeting at the Élysée Palace, but President Macron is understood to have said the caretaker government could remain in place for "some weeks".

Mr Attal told President Macron he would stay on out of a sense duty "until the very last minute", "as long as you deem necessary, on the eve of major events for our country", according to remarks quoted by French news agency AFP.

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