Emmanuel Macron is said to be on the verge of naming a new prime minister almost two months after snap French parliamentary elections that sparked the longest political deadlock since the Second World War.

Senator Laure Darcos, a Bertrand ally, told Reuters he would not try to dismantle Macron's 2023 retirement reform, which led to weeks of street protests and was only passed by bypassing parliament. While the left and far right are dead set on rolling it back,

France was still waiting Wednesday to learn the identity of its new prime minister almost two months after legislative elections left the country in political deadlock, with President Emmanuel Macron