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Doctor and green party candidate, Michèle Rubirola becomes the first female mayor of Marseille, reclaiming the city from Jean-Claude Gaudin, after 25 years of right-wing governance. IMAGES
A man suspected of stabbing several people at the Gare de Lyon in Paris has been arrested, according to a provisional report from the Préfecture de Police. Images filmed at Gare de Lyon after the attack. IMAGES
A rally against anti-Semitism organised by French far-left party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) is disrupted by demonstrators carrying signs reading "Touche pas à la mémoire" ("Don't touch our remembrance"), in criticism of party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon's stance on recent events. The protest took place near the site of the former Vél d'Hiv in Paris, where Jews were infamously rounded up and detained during the second World War before being sent to camps. IMAGES
Mathilde Panot, President of LFI (France Unbowed) parliamentary group at the National Assembly, and Manuel Bompard, coordinator of France Unbowed, arrive at Matignon, where French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, has been meeting parties and groups since the start of the week ahead of the parliamentary session. IMAGES
Dozens of left-wing supporters called by Nupes gathered outside the French National Assembly in Paris after a parliamentary committee voted against repealing the pension reform proposed by the Liot parliamentary group. IMAGES
MPs from French leftist coalition Nupes arrive for the opening of the 16th legislature and announce that they have chosen Fatiha Keloua Hachi as their joint candidate for the presidency of the National Assembly, and Eric Coquerel as their joint candidate for the presidency of the National Assembly's Finance Committee. IMAGES