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A not-so-new approach to immigration by Manuel Valls?

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We profile France's new interior minister Manuel Valls, who is promising to review the criteria for obtaining French citizenship. His critics are calling him the "Sarkozy of the left". Next, President Hollande heads to London to cheer on French athletes at the Olympics. But politics is never far away, after British Prime Minister David Cameron promised to roll out the red carpet for French businesses. Finally, we discover a French version of "The Full Monty".

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