French MPs on Monday voted unanimously in favour of a bill allowing the government to maintain core state functions in the absence of a budget for 2025. The law will be taken up by the Senate on Wednesday. Meanwhile, new Prime Minister François Bayrou held talks with political parties in view of moving France out of its political impasse.
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