FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron appears on screen as he makes a television address to the nation after Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government was toppled in a no confidence vote in parliament, in Paris, France, December 5, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron began his latest search for a prime minister on Friday as the centre-left Socialists signalled they were open to joining a broad government coalition, sparking tensions inside an increasingly fragile leftwing bloc.
Macron this week rejected demands to resign to resolve France's political crisis, saying conservative prime minister Michel Barnier had been driven from office by the far right and extreme left's "anti-republican front".
