The two leaders will discuss Gaza's humanitarian crisis. Britain and France advocate the need to continue supporting Ukraine against Russia to protect European continent as a whole.
President Emmanuel Macron appointed Barnier as PM after two months of confusion following the snap elections that led to an ideologically divided parliament.
Attal offered his resignation after the French parliamentary elections, but Macron refused to accept his resignation and asked him to stay as caretaker until a new cabinet was appointed.
The snap elections called by Macron have seen three distinct blocs emerge in the French National Assembly — the Left, his Centre and the Far-Right. None has a governing majority.
Attal had flagged on Sunday he would offer his resignation, which follows French political tradition, but added he could stay in office longer as a caretaker.
Opinion polls suggest that the leading far-right party RN may fall short of majority in the Assembly causing a hung parliament that may dent President Macron's authority.
India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.
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