French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to name a new prime minister within 48 hours.

French voters face a decisive choice in the runoff Sunday of snap parliamentary elections that could produce the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation.

French voters are called to the polls this weekend for an exceptional moment in their political history.

Victor Wembanyama thrilled a crowd of 4,000 by leading his Paris-based club to a victory on Friday night.

Emmanuel Macron saw off the far right’s Marine Le Pen in April’s presidential election, but now the French president is facing a threat from the other end of the political spectrum in the fight for parliamentary power.