French President Emmanuel Macron is facing multiple calls to hold a snap election or resign. Photo: AP PHOTO

French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, his office says.

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The news on Wednesday came as it was revealed that a majority of lawmakers were against holding a snap parliamentary election amid France's worst crisis in decades.

Sebastien Lecornu, France's fifth prime minister in two years, tendered his and his government's resignation on Monday, just hours after announcing the cabinet line-up, making it the shortest-lived administra

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