French president Emmanuel Macron has said he will pick a new prime minister in the coming days as he addresses the nation having asking his ousted prime minister Michel Barnier and his government to stay on in caretaker capacity.
Mr Macron earlier hit out at those who ousted the prime minister as a “coalition of the irresponsible”, after Mr Barnier was toppled in a no-confidence vote on Wednesday night by French leftists and the far-right, who were greatly empowered in Mr Macron’s ill-judged summer election.
