France’s new prime minister will be the country’s fourth this year and the sixth prime minister of Macron’s presidency after the toppling of Michel Barnier, who lasted only three months.
« As this political crisis drags on it calls into question not only France’s overall political stability but Emmanuel Macron’s own position, » says FRANCE 24’s senior reporter, Catherine Norris Trent, reporting from outside the Elysée Palace in Paris.