French President Emmanuel Macron accepted the resignation of the country's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Tuesday.
Attal - sworn in as prime minister on January 9 this year - and the rest of the government are expected to stay in office until a new prime minister is appointed, which means that Attal could still be in office during the start of the Olympic Games, which begin on July 26 in Paris.
“In order to bring this period to an end as quickly as possible, it is up to the Republican forces to work together to build unity around projects and actions at the service of the French people,” reads a statement from the Presidency of the French Republic, quoted by Le Figaro.
As a result, the current executive will resign and “deal with current affairs until a new government is appointed”. It will have limited powers and cannot be overthrown by a motion of censure.
Attal submitted his resignation on July 7, following the early legislative elections. Initially, however, Macron opted to keep him in office, until he accepted his resignation this Tuesday.
There is no set deadline for Macron to appoint a new prime minister, following the second round of the legislative elections which gave victory, without a majority, to the left-wing New Popular Front coalition, ahead of the parties that support Macron.
