Top party chiefs in France met with President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to discuss a way out of the latest political crisis, in which Prime Minister Michel Barnier was toppled after facing a vote of no confidence. The leaders said Macron hopes to name a new PM "within 48 hours", AFP reported. Heads of the two parties that tabled the motion against Barnier, the far-right National Rally and hard-left France Unbowed, were not present.

French President Emmanuel Macron aims to name a new Prime Minister "within 48 hours", party chiefs who met him on Tuesday told AFP, after premier Michel Barnier was toppled last week.

Macron had gathered leaders of major political parties at his Élysée Palace office in a bid to thrash out the conditions for a new government that could escape losing a no-confidence vote in France's hung parliament.

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People close to Macron said he would propose "a method" to find a new government despite France's hung parliament.

It was unclear how a broader base of support could be built for any new government.

Even some in Macron's camp were sceptical.

"The promise to quickly replace Barnier, yet again issued with confidence, will once again be betrayed."