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

Making matters all the more complicated was the start of their love story, which began when Macron was a teen and a student at a private school in Amiens, his hometown. There he met Brigitte, his literature teacher, who was at the time married, sharing three kids with her then-husband.

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

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

President Emmanuel Macron is weighing a limited selection of undesirable options. One includes, potentially, his own resignation.

France’s outgoing prime minister has until Wednesday evening to find a way out of the political crisis with opposition parties.

After eight years in office, Emmanuel Macron's position as president is coming under increasing pressure as France's political crisis escalates.