French Left Struggles to Unite to Solve New Premier Puzzle
- New Popular Front aims to come up with candidate for premier
- Poll shows 43% of respondents favor a coalition government
The National Assembly building in Paris.
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The left-wing parties that banded together to win the biggest number of seats in France’s snap election are struggling to unite to come up with a candidate for prime minister.
Emmanuel Macron plans to accept the resignation of current premier Gabriel Attal and his government early next week, paving the way for the French president to appoint a successor, people familiar with the matter said. That may not come for some time and Attal and his government will continue to run day-to-day activities until then.