Macron hoping new round of talks can break French government deadlock

Emmanuel Macron is to meet French party and parliamentary leaders this week for negotiations to break the political deadlock over who should form a new government.

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France has been led by a caretaker administration since the July general election failed to leave any party with a working majority in the national assembly.

After Macron's centrist government resigned, the Olympics offered the president a brief window to put domestic politics on hold for what he called a "truce", but more than a week after the Games closed, critics have accused him of playing for time.