Macron Accepts PM Resignation, Asks Him To Stay On

French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s government following their centrist party’s defeat in parliamentary elections.

However, Attal and his ministers will continue to deal with day-to-day business as a caretaker government.

A left-wing alliance that won the July 7 election has so far been unable to agree on a potential candidate to replace him.

In a statement, the Élysée Palace said President Macron had called on “republican forces to work together” to form a new government.

This would exclude the far right National Rally (RN) and the radical left France Unbowed (LFI), which is part of the leftwing alliance that won the July 7 elections.