French President Emmanuel Macron will convene all political parties willing to compromise with a view to forming a government on Tuesday at 1300 GMT, the Elysee presidential palace said in Monday.

It was a blow most saw coming but that can’t have softened the sting for French President Emmanuel Macron. Opposition lawmakers joined forces Wednesday to vote to oust his government, which had been in office for just nine weeks,

French party leaders will gather at President Emmanuel Macron's Elysee Palace office Tuesday in a bid to chart a route towards a new government, days after Prime Minister Michel Barnier