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What is the Hotel Matignon?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Resident card no. 66
Qu'est-ce que l'Hôtel de Matignon ?
What is the Hotel Matignon?
Answer. The official residence of the Prime Minister, in Paris.
La résidence officielle du Premier ministre, à Paris.
The Prime Minister lives and works at the Hotel Matignon. The President of the Republic, meanwhile, resides at the Elysee Palace.
The official text that proves it
« le Gouvernement (le Premier ministre et les ministres). Le Premier ministre, qui réside à l'hôtel de Matignon, est nommé par le président de la République. »
The Government (the Prime Minister and the ministers). The Prime Minister, who resides at the Hotel Matignon, is appointed by the President of the Republic.
In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet
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