President Emmanuel Macron will name a new prime minister on Friday morning, his office said, as pressure mounted to fill the post a week after French lawmakers toppled the government.
"The statement naming the prime minister will be published tomorrow morning," the Elysee presidential palace said on Thursday after Macron returned early from a trip to Poland.
"He is finishing his consultations," an aide to to the president added.
Macron was widely expected to name a new prime minister on Thursday evening.
The new delay, albeit an overnight delay, underscores the political challenges posed by the fractured lower house of parliament, a result of July's snap elections.
The assembly remains split among a leftist alliance, centrists and conservatives, and the far-right National Rally (RN), complicating efforts to secure a stable government capable of surviving no-confidence votes.
On Thursday, Greens leader Marine Tondelier urged Macron to take bold action.
"The French public want a bit of enthusiasm, momentum, fresh wind, something new," she said in an interview with France 2 television, adding that the president needs to "get out of his comfort zone."
The stopgap measure is expected to pass parliament on Monday with broad support.
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