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The puzzle of putting together a Cabinet

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What exactly goes on during the inauguration of a French president - and who is François Hollande going to appoint to his Cabinet? The papers think they know...

IN THE PAPERS
By Elena CASAS

Le Parisien explains the protocol, down to the choice of car and what Sarkozy and Hollande may say to each other in that private tete-à-tete; while Le Figaro looks back at inaugurations past.

Libération looks at the headache of forming a government - and at the hotly tipped future PM Jean-Marc Ayrault.

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