French President Emmanuel Macron is set to address the nation tonight, a day after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted in a no-confidence vote.
The presidency is that Barnier had resigned his post, but would remain in office on a caretaker basis with his ministers until a new government was appointed.
Names for a new prime minister have been swirling, including Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau and centrist former presidential candidate François Bayrou.
But finding a name that would not immediately be shot down by one of the large parliamentary factions could take some time, as it did in the summer, when former PM Gabriel Attal stayed on as caretaker for two months.
Barnier’s government collapsed after MPs voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him, just three months after he was appointed by Macron.