French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday vowed to remain French president “until the end of mandate” and said that he would appoint a new prime minister “in the coming days” following Michel Barnier’s resignation after his government was ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament.
The political crisis – and Macron’s role in setting it off – had led some of his opponents to call on him to resign.
According to The Guardian, in a 10 minutes address to the nation, Macron said, “The mandate you have given me is for 5 years and I will exercise it until the very end.”
Macron also condemned the French far right and hard left for forming an “anti-republican front” to destabilise the government.
The French President defended his decision to call snap parliamentary elections this summer, which resulted in a hung parliament with no party having an overall majority.
Earlier today, Macron met Barnier, who handed in his resignation letter, a day after his minority coalition government became the first to be toppled by a no-confidence vote in more than 60 years.
The political turmoil gripping France has rattled investors and risks weakening a European Union that is already reeling from the implosion of Germany’s coalition government and scrambling to present a united front before Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
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