President Emmanuel Macron will name a new prime minister on Friday morning, his office said, as pressure mounted to fill the post a week after MPs toppled the government, reports RFI.
"The statement naming the prime minister will be published tomorrow morning," the Elysée presidential palace said on Thursday after Macron returned early from a trip to Poland.
Macron was widely expected to name a new prime minister on Thursday evening.
The new delay, albeit an overnight delay, underscores the political challenges posed by the fractured lower house of parliament, a result of July's snap elections.
The assembly remains split among a leftist alliance, centrists and conservatives, and the far-right National Rally (RN), complicating efforts to secure a stable government capable of surviving no-confidence votes.
On Thursday, Greens leader Marine Tondelier urged Macron to take bold action.