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Macron urged by his first PM to resign in escalating French crisis

France's President Emmanuel Macron (left) and Mayor of Le Havre Edouard Philippe during the 80th anniversary of the World War II liberation of the port city of Le Havre, northern France, on September 12, 2024. [AFP]

Emmanuel Macron's first prime minister on Tuesday urged the cornered French head of state to resign in a shock call that compounded an escalating political crisis.

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