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France’s Gabriel Attal made his first visit to Berlin as prime minister on Monday for talks focussed on international hotspots like Ukraine and improving French-German ties. “My conviction is that what unites us is much stronger than what divides us,” said Attal. Attal, 34, is France’s youngest prime minister and the first who is openly gay. He was welcomed in the evening with military honours by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the chancellery. The political high-flyer had served as French government spokesman and education minister. He was appointed last month by President Emmanuel Macron as…

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