A French government minister has sparked outrage after she posed for the cover of Playboy magazine.

Marlène Schiappa, the minister for the social economy, was fully clothed for the shoot. It will appear on the cover of the April edition in France.

 But the move has drawn the ire of both her political opponents and colleagues. 

 Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told Ms Schiappa that her decision "was not at all appropriate, especially in the current period."

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