PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday dismissed a left-wing alliance's push to name a new prime minister after snap elections, saying parties in a fractured parliament must come together to build a broad coalition after the Paris Olympic Games.

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"Of course we need to be concentrated on the (Olympic) Games until mid-August," Macron told broadcaster France 2. "From then it will be my responsibility to name a prime minister... with the broadest possible backing."