Emmanuel Macron to name new prime minister in ‘coming days’, vows to remain as France’s president until 2027

Amid mounting pressure to resign his appointment, France's President, Emmanuel Macron has announced he is going to name the next French PM "in the coming days".

Speaking at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Thursday, he said the country cannot be "static" and pledged to remain French president until the end of his mandate.

"Where the country is vulnerable it needs to be rebuilt," said the French president.NWherever there is poor behaviour, we need to reintroduce wisdom, and wherever there is room for anxiety and despair, we need to bring hope. We have done it, and we will continue to show that to the world," he said.

His address comes after his prime minister Michel Barnier lost a no-confidence vote in France's parliament yesterday, the first time in over six decades a French government has been voted down by parliament.

French MPs including the left and the far right combined voted 331 out of 574 in favour of the motion to pass, exceeding the minimum mark of 288.

The vote rose from fierce opposition to his proposed social security budget for 2025 from opposition parties such as the left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NFP) and Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN).

They were left angry after Barnier said he would push the budget through via a presidential decree, even though it failed to receive popular support from the MPs.

Such a move has become common under Macron's reign, who is accused of ignoring democracy and acting like a dictator.

Barnier, who served as one of the negotiators during Brexit, has now become his country’s shortest-serving prime minister ever.

He is not an elected MP and his downfall after only three months breaks a record previously held by Socialist prime minister Bernard Cazeneuve, who served for five months, up until May 2017.

Barnier has been asked to stay on as caretaker while Macron chooses a replacement.

Macron thanked Barnier for his "dedication" and "unwillingness to give up" at the start of his speech tonight.

He said some of his political groups have chosen "chaos", and that they "don't want to build, they want to dismantle".

But French president added his mandate is for five years and he "will see that through to the end".

"Today a new era begins", he said. "We need to work together for France."

France's leader said his focus is now on the 2025 budget and to make the country "stronger" and "fairer".

He added the government needs to keep "you and your children's interests at heart".

Before ending his speech, the president highlighted the reopening of Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral and the success of this summer's Olympics Games in the French capital.

He hailed France knows how to do "great things", and asked everyone to do "the same now".

Macron also confirmed there can't be any parliamentary elections for 10 months.