July 16, 2024
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s government resigns and remains a civil servant
PARIS: France’s centrist Prime Minister Gabriel Atal and his government resigned on Tuesday but will stay on as caretaker until a new cabinet is appointed after inconclusive early elections. The caretaker government will run current affairs in the eurozone’s second-largest economy but cannot introduce new laws to parliament or make major changes, experts say. His role will include ensuring that the Olympics, which begin on July 26, run smoothly. “Handling current affairs means implementing measures that have already been decided and managing emergencies that arise. No less,” said Mathieu Disant, a law professor at Paris’ Panthéon-Sorbonne university. “An outgoing government


