Macron accepts ally’s resignation

– France’s Emmanuel Macron was forced to accept his interior minister’s resignation after early ally Gerard Collomb insisted he wanted to step down, despite the president having rejected his resignation less than 24 hours earlier.

Collomb, 71, who became one of Macron’s earliest and most eager backers, had earlier told the conservative Le Figaro newspaper he wanted to resign so he could run for election as mayor of home town Lyon.– Reuters

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