Sébastien Lecornu, the country’s outgoing prime minister, said he believed France’s political parties could overcome divisions and avoid snap legislative elections.

French President Emmanuel Macron grapples with a political crisis after France’s prime minister Lecornu resigns a day after forming his government.

Macron's office added that a majority of lawmakers were against holding a snap parliamentary election amid France's worst crisis in decades.

French President Emmanuel Macron will name a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, the Elysee palace said in a statement on Wednesday.

The record-fast collapse of yet another government confronts President Emmanuel Macron and his country with an intensifying crisis.

French President Emmanuel Macron faces increased pressure to resign after the collapse of his latest government ...

The French president is running out of options but refuses to step aside.

Emmanuel Macron’s legacy could be irreversibly tarnished as he prepares to abandon his flagship pension reform in the hope of avoiding snap elections.

Sébastien Lecornu, the outgoing prime minister, said MPs recognise the pressing need to pass a budget by the end of the year.