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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls attends the opening ceremony of the world Equestrian Games at the d'Ornano stadium in Caen, August 23, 2014.
The statement said a new government would be formed on Tuesday in line with the 'direction he (the president) has defined for our country.'
The move comes a day after leftist Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg called for new economic policies and questioned what he called Germany's 'obsession' with budgetary rigor.
(Reporting By John Irish; editing by Mark John)
Entities 0 Name: John Irish Count: 1 1 Name: Manuel Valls Count: 1 2 Name: Arnaud Montebourg Count: 1 3 Name: Germany Count: 1 4 Name: Mark John Count: 1 5 Name: Caen Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1AMXYER Title: France's leaders sink in polls amid calls for change of course Description: Credit: Reuters/Charles Platiau French Prime Minister Manuel Valls attends the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, July 15, 2014. Valls was appointed to lead the government in a cabinet reshuffle in March, after the ruling Socialists suffered a bruising defeat in local elections.
