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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal speaks during a campaign press conference, Thursday, June 20, 2024 in Paris. Earlier this month, French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the lower house of France's parliament in a surprise announcement, sending voters back to the polls, after his party was handed a humbling defeat by the far right in the European Parliament election. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French prime minister seeks to step out from Macron's shadow in the upcoming early election

France’s prime minister hopes to emerge from the campaign for the early legislative election not only still holding the job that President Emmanuel Macron gave him less than six months ago but also as more of his own person

By John Leicester
Published - Jun 20, 2024, 09:32 AM ET
Last Updated - Jun 20, 2024, 09:32 AM EDT

LE PECQ, France (AP) — Thrust into an early election sprung by his boss, France’s prime minister hopes to emerge from the campaign not only still holding the job that President Emmanuel Macron gave him less than six months ago but also as more of his own person.

The 35-year-old Gabriel Attal became France's youngest-ever prime minister when Macron appointed him in January.

But he now risks being dethroned by the even younger 28-year-old Jordan Bardella. The president of the far-right National Rally hopes the legislative election will mark a watershed in his party's gradual but unrelenting decades-long climb from the fringes of French politics to now being on the threshold of power.

For Attal, the crisis represented by the possibility that France could elect its first far-right government since its Nazi occupation in World War II could also be something of an opportunity.

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