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French president reappoints Edouard Philippe as PM after legislative vote

French President Emmanuel Macron has re-appointed Edouard Philippe as prime minister after the weekend's legislative run-off vote and asked him to form the next government by Wednesday.<br/><br/>Sources at Macron's office said in Paris that Yesterday's vote saw Macron's centrist group, the Republic on the Move (REM), secure a massive victory in the National Assembly, giving him a mandate to pursue a pro-EU, business-friendly agenda.

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