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After meeting with the largest farmers union FNSEA, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal met with Rural Coordination, France's 2nd largest farming union. Its president, Veronique Le Floch, said it was "catastrophic" that the Prime Minister had not yet made any emergency announcements, while farmers continued to express their anger throughout France, in a protest that was mourned by the death of a farmer in Ariège, hit by a car at a roadblock. IMAGES
France's new Culture Minister Rachida Dati visits the town of Nontron in the Dordogne region of south-west France to discuss the role of culture in rural areas. She visited the experimental arts and crafts centre, one of the winners of the "France 2030 Culture" call for projects, and in particular a cutlery factory. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal strolls through the centre of Dijon, in Burgundy's Cote-d'Or region, to lend his support to the majority candidates, just a few days before the first round of the early legislative elections. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal votes in the European elections at a school in Vanves, near Paris. The head of the ruling party's list for the June 9 polls Valerie Hayer has largely failed to score with the public in the campaign for the election where the French far-right appear set to score a victory in a major setback for the ruling Renaissance party of President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal convenes an "interministerial crisis unit" meeting at the Interior Ministry following deadly riots in the Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Four people have died, including a gendarme, and hundreds have been wounded. IMAGES