Macro will appoint the new government until after the Olympics.

France's President Emmanuel Macron said he would not appoint the new Government until after the end of the Paris Olympics.

Comments come after the New People's Front (NFP) a left-wing coalition representing the largest group in the French Parliament after the last elections proposed a little-known official, Lucia Castles, as a candidate for prime minister.

Responding to this, Macron said the appointment of the new government before mid-August, “would create irregularities”.

Left-wing politicians said Makron is trying to “to cancel the outcome of legislative elections”, whose second round was held on 7 July.

The Olympics will begin Friday and end on 11 August.

Macron has accepted Prime Minister Gabriel Attal's resignation, following the major losses of their centre-in-election party.

However, Attal and his ministers have agreed to remain in office, in the form of a temporary government, until their replacements are appointed.

Under the French system, the prime minister is traditionally appointed by the president. /rel