The president has struggled to find a candidate that satisfies enough lawmakers in a fractured parliament.
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00:00A new prime minister is expected to be named in France this Friday as President Emmanuel
00:05Macron returns to Paris after a visit to Poland.
00:09The visit to Warsaw on Thursday came amid a wait back home by both Macron's political
00:15allies and rivals to appoint a new government chief.
00:19Prime Minister Michel Barnier resigned last week following a historic no-confidence vote
00:24prompted by budget disputes.
00:27Voters ousted by Parliament after only three months in office pushed France into a fresh
00:32crisis.
00:33According to local reports, a final meeting by President Macron this Friday with party
00:38leaders at the Elysee Palace is expected to result in the announcement of a new prime
00:43minister and bring an end to days of political deadlock.