French centrist prime minister Gabriel Attal and his government resigned on Tuesday but will stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new cabinet is appointed following legislative elections in which no political bloc won an absolute majority, reports FRANCE 24.
The caretaker government will run current affairs in the eurozone's second-largest economy but cannot submit new laws to parliament or make any major changes, experts say.
Its role will include making sure that the Olympics, that start on July 26, run smoothly.
This period would also give political parties more time to build a governing coalition after the July 7 election runoff left the National Assembly without an overall majority.
A broad alliance – called New Popular Front (NFP) – of Socialists, Communists, Greens and the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) won the most seats, with 193 in the 577-strong lower chamber.
Macron's allies came second with 164 seats and the far-right National Rally (RN) third at 143.
The divided NFP alliance has been scrambling to come up with a consensus candidate for prime minister.