French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron pose before a meeting with Jordan's crown prince at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Wednesday. Photograph: Magali Cohen / Hans Lucas via AFP
French president Emmanuel Macron was on Thursday searching for his sixth prime minister in under two years, hoping his next pick can steer a budget through a legislature riven by crisis.
Mr Macron’s office said on Wednesday he would appoint a new prime minister within 48 hours, after outgoing prime minister Sébastien Lecornu held two days of talks to seek a way out of France’s worst political crisis in decades.
The political paralysis
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