Macron: I will remain in office until the end of the mandate

And he said Macron In a ten-minute speech: “The mandate you gave me is five years and I will fulfill it to the end.”

He added that he intends to elect a new prime minister in the “coming days”.

He continued: “Those who vote of no confidence only think of me.” Presidential elections“.

The French president pointed out that “the extreme right and the extreme left are an alliance on the anti-republican front.”

The MPs were rejected French opposition government on Wednesday, plunging the European Union’s second-largest economy into a deeper political crisis that threatens its ability to legislate and control a huge budget deficit.

The no-confidence motion followed strong opposition to the Prime Minister’s budget Michel Barnier proposed.