French interior minister to quit in further blow to Macron
by Agence France-Presse in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#3Z0PG)
Gi(C)rard Collomb to step down next year to enter Lyon mayoral race in 2020
France's interior minister, Gi(C)rard Collomb, has announced he will resign next year to run for his former job as mayor of of Lyon, in yet another blow to the president.
The announcement from Collomb, a political heavyweight and one of Emmanuel Macron's most loyal ministers, comes after the environment minister, Nicolas Hulot, quit last month and as the president's approval ratings have plummeted.
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