French President Emmanuel Macron invited party leaders to last-minute talks on Friday at the Elysée Palace, according to local media, as the country waits for him to appoint a new prime minister, APA reports, citing Politico.
All the parties represented in the National Assembly except the far-right National Rally and the far-left France Unbowed received an invitation to attend talks at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
The outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said on Wednesday that negotiations with opposition parties were going in the right direction and that Macron would be in a position to appoint a new prime minister by Friday evening.