France’s Macron summons party leaders as deadline looms for naming PM and finalizing budget

President Emmanuel Macron is set to meet with France’s main political parties ahead of a deadline to appoint a new prime minister. Facing his sixth PM in under two years, Macron seeks a leader who can unite the centre-right and centre-left to pass the budget amid a fragmented parliament, as the political crisis weighs on economic growth. FRANCE 24’s Antonia Kerrigan has all the details from the Elysées Palace.