Macron searches for France's 6th PM in under 2 years

French President Emmanuel Macron was on Thursday searching for his sixth prime minister in under two years, hoping his next pick can steer a budget through a legislature riven by crisis.

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Macron's office said late on Wednesday he would appoint a new prime minister within 48 hours, after outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu held two days of talks to seek a way out of France's worst political crisis in decades.

The political paralysis has made it deeply challenging to pass a belt-tightening budget, demanded by investors increasingly worried by France's yawning deficit.

“The question that is posed today is whether there are enough people who are responsible,” government spokesperson Aurore Berge told RTL radio. "I think this is the last chance.”