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Macron asks PM Élisabeth Borne to try to form new government

Macron said he had instructed Borne to conduct new consultations with parliamentary groups to form a "government of action" for early July.

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French president Emmanuel Macron has asked prime minister Élisabeth Borne to propose a new "government of action" that will be named in early July, according to an interview with AFP, reports Yahoo! News.

Macron said he had instructed Borne to conduct new consultations with parliamentary groups to form a "government of action" for early July.

"I decided today to confirm my confidence in Élisabeth Borne," Macron said.

Macron, who spoke to Borne on Saturday, announced that he had instructed her next week to sound out the political groups in the National Assembly on a number of issues.

They included their possible participation in a government, their position on a vote of confidence in Borne herself on July 5, and also on the vote on the state budget next autumn.

"On my return from the G7 and NATO, the prime minister will submit to me proposals for a roadmap for the government of France over the coming months and years, and also for the composition of a new government of action at the service of France that we will put in place in the first days of July," he added.

Read more of this report from Yahoo! News.