00:00French President Emmanuel Macron says he will keep a centrist caretaker government on through the Olympics to avoid disorder,
00:08brushing aside an 11th-hour nomination for Prime Minister by the new Popular Front.
00:13It comes after the leftist coalition who won the most votes in this month's parliamentary elections
00:19selected little-known civil servant Lusty Castetz as their choice for Prime Minister.
00:25My will is, as soon as we can, to be able to form a government.
00:29Because the country needs a government to make decisions, to prepare a budget, to make decisions for the country.
00:35And so, obviously, until mid-August, we have to be focused on the games.
00:40And then from there, depending on the progress of these discussions, it will be my responsibility to nominate a Prime Minister or a Prime Minister
00:49and give him the task to form a government and to have the largest gathering that allows him to act and to have stability.
00:58The Olympics get underway with an opening ceremony in Paris on Friday.
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