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France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal took the leadership of his party's National Assembly lawmakers after 84 out of 98 Renaissance deputies backed him in a vote on Saturday. Deep divisions between Attal and President Emmanuel Macron have appeared in recent days, with the premier blaming the president for taking the party to the brink of "extinction".