Macron Rules Out Resignation, Blames ‘Anti-Republican’ Front for Toppling Government

In a brief televised address the very day Barnier hands in his resignation, the visibly weary French president vows to remain in office ‘until the end.’

AP/Michel Euler
A waiter works as President Macron addresses the nation following the resignation of ousted Prime Minister Barnier, a day after a historic no-confidence vote at the National Assembly left France without a functioning government. AP/Michel Euler

Can Emmanuel Macron smooth over the chaos in France that his months of political gambling unleashed? Will he appoint a new prime minister  before President-elect Trump’s official visit to Paris this weekend? 

Given the whirlwind of events following a vote of no confidence on Wednesday that saw Prime Minister Michel Barnier hand in his papers on Thursday, Mr. Macron might be forgiven for saving a prayer for the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral.

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