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The Latest: French PM: Brexit will benefit Paris businesses

"Remain" supporters gather on Park Lane in London, before marching to Parliament Square to show their support for the European Union in the wake of the referendum decision for Britain to leave the EU, known as "Brexit", Saturday July 2, 2016. Demonstrators wearing EU flags as capes and with homemade banners saying "Bremain" and "We Love EU" gathered on the streets around Park Lane for the March for Europe rally. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA via AP)
"Remain" supporters gather on Park Lane in London, before marching to Parliament Square to show their support for the European Union in the wake of the referendum decision for Britain to leave the EU, known as "Brexit", Saturday July 2, 2016. Demonstrators wearing EU flags as capes and with homemade banners saying "Bremain" and "We Love EU" gathered on the streets around Park Lane for the March for Europe rally. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA via AP) "Remain" supporters gather on Park Lane in London, before marching to Parliament Square to show their support for the European Union in the wake of the referendum decision for Britain to leave the EU, known as "Brexit", Saturday July 2, 2016. Demonstrators wearing EU flags as capes and with homemade banners saying "Bremain" and "We Love EU" gathered on the streets around Park Lane for the March for Europe rally. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA via AP)

LONDON (AP) – The Latest on Britain’s vote to leave the 28-nation European Union (all times local):

1:25 p.m.

France’s prime minister says Britain’s vote to leave the European Union is a business opportunity for Paris.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls says the government is working on enhancing the French capital’s attractiveness, especially measures regarding taxes and expatriates’ status. He spoke to the Le Parisien newspaper in an interview published Saturday.

Valls tells international companies: “Welcome in Paris! Come and invest in France!”