I will not resign”, Macro addresses the nation: I'll appoint a new prime minister

The resignation of France's prime minister, Michel Barnier, has forced President Emmanuel Macron to address the French nation with a speech of about 11 minutes in which he tried to express it all.

Macron pledged to resolve the political stalemate and appoint a new prime minister in the coming days.

“In the coming days, I will appoint a prime minister uniting political forces. I will charge it with forming a government of general interest that represents all political forces of a government arch that can either participate in it or, at least, which takes over not to censor”, Macron said.

For all his opponents, who in these moments of crisis for French politics, asked him to leave the post of president, Macro firmly replied that he would not leave the post.

I will honor the mandate that the French chose me for until the last day. The responsibility for the government's collapse of Barnier and failure to move “is not mine, but parliament's. I have been elected democraticly for a 5-year term and will remain until the end of”, the president added.

Macron concluded his speech by emphasising France's strength and calling for unity. Where the country is vulnerable, it must be rebuilt. Wherever there is poor behavior, we must reintroduce wisdom and wherever there is room for anxiety and despair, we must bring hope”, he said.

Macron also reminds the French nation of this Saturday reopening of the famous Paris Nore-Dame cathedral, destroyed by fire several years ago, and also speaks of the success of this summer's Olympic Games in the French capital.

On Wednesday, the French National Assembly brought down the government of Michel Barnier, an unprecedented gesture since 1962 that plunged the country into a period of strong political and financial uncertainty.

The government, which had claimed its responsibility Monday under Article 49 paragraph 3 of the Constitution for approval without a vote on the social security budget, fell by 331 MPs, while the National Rally had chosen to vote on the no-confidence motion submitted by the left.