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Trade curbs on all eels rejected

The parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating the international trade of endangered species, hold a plenary session in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Dec. 4, 2025. A proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, was formally rejected during the session.

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Trade curbs on all eels rejected

The parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating the international trade of endangered species, hold a plenary session in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Dec. 4, 2025. A proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, was formally rejected during the session.

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Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

A panel of the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, discusses a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 27, 2025. The panel overwhelmingly rejected the proposal amid calls from Japan, one of the world's largest consumers of the fish, to oppose the measure.

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Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

A panel of the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, discusses a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 27, 2025. The panel overwhelmingly rejected the proposal amid calls from Japan, one of the world's largest consumers of the fish, to oppose the measure.

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Int'l treaty panel rejects trade curbs on all eels

A panel of the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, discusses a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 27, 2025. The panel overwhelmingly rejected the proposal amid calls from Japan, one of the world's largest consumers of the fish, to oppose the measure.

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Global eel trade may be regulated

File photo taken on Nov. 23, 2025, shows Japanese eels at a restaurant in Tokyo. A conference of the parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade in endangered species, will vote in December on a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions.

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Global eel trade may be regulated

File photo taken on Nov. 23, 2025, shows Japanese eels at a restaurant in Tokyo. A conference of the parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade in endangered species, will vote in early December on a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions.

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Global eel trade may be regulated

File photo taken on Nov. 23, 2025, shows Japanese eels at a restaurant in Tokyo. A conference of the parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade in endangered species, will vote in December on a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions.

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Washington Convention to discuss eel trade regulations

Photo taken on Nov. 24, 2025, shows the venue of a conference of the parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, beginning in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the same day. The focus of attention during the conference through early December is whether the parties will adopt a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions.

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Washington Convention to discuss eel trade regulations

A conference of the parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating international trade of endangered species, begins in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 24, 2025. The focus of attention during the conference through early December is whether the parties will adopt a proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions.

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Anti-Bullfighting Protesters Rally in Front of Congress - Madrid

Several people during a rally in front of the Congress of Deputies, November 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The Promoter Commission of the Popular Legislative Initiative (ILP) 'Not My Culture' and the International Anti-bullfighting Network have called a demonstration to denounce the final abstention of the PSOE in the vote of the ILP for the abolition of bullfighting. This decision, with 169 votes against, 57 in favor and 118 abstentions, blocked the parliamentary debate of the proposal, an act that the promoter has labeled as "betrayal" by the socialist party. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anti-Bullfighting Protesters Rally in Front of Congress - Madrid

Several people during a rally in front of the Congress of Deputies, November 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The Promoter Commission of the Popular Legislative Initiative (ILP) 'Not My Culture' and the International Anti-bullfighting Network have called a demonstration to denounce the final abstention of the PSOE in the vote of the ILP for the abolition of bullfighting. This decision, with 169 votes against, 57 in favor and 118 abstentions, blocked the parliamentary debate of the proposal, an act that the promoter has labeled as "betrayal" by the socialist party. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anti-Bullfighting Protesters Rally in Front of Congress - Madrid

Several people during a rally in front of the Congress of Deputies, November 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The Promoter Commission of the Popular Legislative Initiative (ILP) 'Not My Culture' and the International Anti-bullfighting Network have called a demonstration to denounce the final abstention of the PSOE in the vote of the ILP for the abolition of bullfighting. This decision, with 169 votes against, 57 in favor and 118 abstentions, blocked the parliamentary debate of the proposal, an act that the promoter has labeled as "betrayal" by the socialist party. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Indonesia protest

People hold placards depicting late Indonesian President Suharto during a rally against a government proposal to name him a national hero, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Indonesia protest

A woman holds a placard depicting late Indonesian President Suharto during a rally against a government proposal to name him a national hero, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Philippe Gosselin, rapporteur of the National Assembly's Committee on Constitutional Laws during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Bastien Lachaud, NFP LFI MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Sophie Ricourt Vaginay UDR MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Yael Braun-Pivet, President of the National Assembly during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Emmanuel Tjiibaou, GDR MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

LFI Group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Sandrine Rousseau MP for Ecology and Social Affairs during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Paul Molac, LIOT MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Gabriel Attal, former Prime Minister, President of the EPR parliamentary group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Marine Lepen president of the RN parliamentary group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Mathilde Panot, president of the NFP LFI parliamentary inter-group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Eric Martineau DEMOCRATIC MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Philippe Gosselin, rapporteur of the National Assembly's Committee on Constitutional Laws during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Emmanuel Tjiibaou, GDR MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Mathilde Panot, president of the NFP LFI parliamentary inter-group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Marine Lepen president of the RN parliamentary group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Florent Boudie, president of the law commission of the National Assembly during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Florent Boudie, president of the law commission of the National Assembly during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Florent Boudie, president of the law commission of the National Assembly during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Yoann Gilet, RN MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Emmanuel Tjiibaou, GDR MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Emmanuel Tjiibaou, GDR MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Yoann Gilet, RN MP during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Marine Lepen president of the RN parliamentary group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Questions To the Government - Paris

Laurent Wauqiez, president of the Republicains parliamentary group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate and Vote To Postpone The Renewal Of Congress Members of New Caledonia - Paris

Marine Lepen president of the RN parliamentary group during a debate and vote on a proposal for an organic law aimed at postponing the general renewal of the members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies of New Caledonia to allow the implementation of the agreement of 12 July 2025 and then adoption of a motion of prior rejection National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 22, 2025. Photo Ait Adjedjou Karim /ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Meeting of Lecornu's Second Government - Paris

France's Education Minister Edouard Geffray reacts during a meeting with the newly-appointed members of his cabinet, at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on October 13, 2025. Lecornu's second government, a mix of political and technical ministers, takes office on October 13, 2025, with the aim of submitting a budget proposal on time and finding a "path" that avoids the censure promised by the opposition. Photo by Alain Jocard/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Meeting of Lecornu's Second Government - Paris

France's reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu (3rdR) delivers a speech next to his Chief of Staf Philippe Gustin (2ndR), France's Defence Minister Catherine Vautrin (4thR), France's Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin (5thR), France's Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard and France's Overseas Minister Naima Moutchou during a meeting with the newly-appointed members of his cabinet, at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on October 13, 2025.. Lecornu's second government, a mix of political and technical ministers, takes office on October 13, 2025, with the aim of submitting a budget proposal on time and finding a "path" that avoids the censure promised by the opposition. Photo by Alain Jocard/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Meeting of Lecornu's Second Government - Paris

France's reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu (R) reacts next to France's Education Minister Edouard Geffray (L) during a meeting with the newly-appointed members of his cabinet, at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on October 13, 2025. Lecornu's second government, a mix of political and technical ministers, takes office on October 13, 2025, with the aim of submitting a budget proposal on time and finding a "path" that avoids the censure promised by the opposition. Photo by Alain Jocard/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM