French president Emmanuel Macron is considering delaying pension reforms in a bid to win support for a new prime minister – his sixth in under two years – and contain a spiralling political crisis.
France has been gripped by political deadlock since Mr Macron called snap parliamentary elections in the summer of 2024 and his centrist alliance lost its majority in the National Assembly.
The president has since appointed and lost three prime ministers after they struggled to persuade fractious parties to support efforts to cut France’s deficit, which is set to hit 5.4 per cent of gross
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