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French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné on Tuesday called on the country’s “republican parties” to overcome their differences to unite on a legislative programme. Séjourné is the general secretary of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Renaissance party, which lost to the left-wing New Popular Front (NPF) alliance in July’s second round of parliamentary elections. Political machinations are set to resume in Paris after a two-week truce for the Olympic Games, as the NPF and Renaissance battle to lead a viable government. No party or alliance holds a majority in the National Assembly, France’…

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