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French Prime Minister Jean Castex and the Minister for Ecological Transition, Barbara Pompili, welcome to Matignon about twenty representatives of the Citizen's Climate Convention for an update. Several months ago 149 proposals were made by 150, randomly-picked citizens, 146 of which were initially accepted by president Emmanuel Macron. Critics including Grenoble's mayor, ecologist Eric Piolle, say the government is steadily dropping the proposals one by one. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Jean Castex receives representatives of the Citizens' Climate Convention. In his general policy statement last week, he vowed to "make the French economy the most carbon-free in Europe" and promised 20 billion euros for the environment. IMAGES
France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier (LR), appointed on Thursday by Emmanuel Macron, is making his first field visit to the SAMU at Necker Hospital for Sick Children in Paris. IMAGES
The new French Prime Minister heads to the presidential palace for a working meeting with President Emmanuel Macron, after receiving former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal for the Macronist group and conservative leaders, Laurent Wauquiez, Bruno Retailleau and the President of the Senate, Gerard Larcher. IMAGES
The President of the Senate, Gerard Larcher, conservative MP Laurent Wauquiez, and conservative Senator, Bruno Retailleau, arrive on foot at Matignon, where the newly appointed French Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, begins his consultations to form a government. IMAGES
In the courtyard of the Hôtel Matignon, the Republican Guard welcomes Michel Barnier, where the resigning Prime Minister Gabriel Attal awaits him for the handover of power. IMAGES