Macron Seeks Centrist French Premier After Rejecting Left
- French president sees possible path to a centrist coalition
- He says left-wing choice Castets wouldn’t be able to govern
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French President Emmanuel Macron is continuing consultations on appointing a prime minister on Tuesday after ruling out a government led by leftist candidate Lucie Castets in favor of a possible centrist coalition.
Macron began a series of meetings on Friday to sound out party chiefs on a compromise to try to end weeks of uncertainty following his decision to call snap elections that left no group with a majority in the National Assembly.