EMMANUEL Macron has vowed to stay on as President of
France until 2027.
Macron announced he is going to name the next French
PM "in the coming days", and said the country cannot be
"static".
He pledged to remain French president until the end of
his mandate, speaking at the Élysée Palace in Paris this evening.
"Where the country is vulnerable it needs to be
rebuilt," said the French president.
"Wherever there is poor behaviour, we need to
reintroduce wisdom, and wherever there is room for anxiety and despair, we need
to bring hope."
"We have done it, and we will continue to show
that to the world," he added.
The president ended his speech: "Long live the
republic, long live France."
His address comes after his prime minister Michel
Barnier lost a no-confidence vote in France's parliament yesterday.
It is the first time in over six decades a French
government has been voted down by parliament.
The National Assembly ousted Barnier by 331 votes,
making him the shortest-serving prime minister in modern French history.
Barnier has been asked to stay on as caretaker while
Macron chooses a replacement.
Macron thanked Barnier for his "dedication"
and "unwillingness to give up" at the start of his speech tonight.
He said some of his political groups have chosen
"chaos", and that they "don't want to build, they want to
dismantle".
Macron also confirmed France can't hold any
parliamentary elections for 10 months.
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