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Estonia’s new government is formally appointed. Its first priority is to improve state finances
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s president formally appointed the Baltic country’s new government on Monday after lawmakers gave the green light to Prime Minister-designate Kristen Michal’s three-party coalition Cabinet. Addressing the new Cabinet, which is to be sworn in Tuesday, President Alar Karis said the government’s comfortable majority in the 101-seat Riigikogu, or Parliament, brings along …
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French prime minister is expected to formally resign but stay at the head of a caretaker government
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is widely expected to formally accept the prime minister’s resignation on Tuesday while keeping him as the head of a caretaker government. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal offered his resignation last week after a chaotic election result left the government in limbo. Macron asked him to remain temporarily as …