Eleanor Beardsley

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

Sébastien Le Corneau resigned Monday before the far right and left could follow through with a no-confidence vote that brought down the two previous prime ministers.

Both factions are demanding Macron appoint a premier from their party or dissolve parliament and call new legislative elections.

Macron is increasingly isolated a year and a half after he dissolved Parliament and lost his majority.

Today, the French Parliament is fractured and no party has a majority, though the biggest voting blocs are on the far right and left.

There are also calls for the increasingly unpopular Macron to resign a year and a half before his term ends and hold early presidential elections.

Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris.

Sébastien Le Corneau resigned Monday before the far right and left could follow through with a no-confidence vote that brought down the two previous prime ministers.

Both factions are demanding Macron appoint a premier from their party or dissolve parliament and call new legislative elections.

Macron is increasingly isolated a year and a half after he dissolved Parliament and lost his majority.

Today, the French Parliament is fractured and no party has a majority, though the biggest voting blocs are on the far right and left.

There are also calls for the increasingly unpopular Macron to resign a year and a half before his term ends and hold early presidential elections.

Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris.

Speaking after resigning, outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu told the nation it was too difficult to govern with a fractured parliament where no party has an absolute majority, yet all refuse compromise.

Lecornu was the fourth premier named by Macron since he dissolved parliament a year and a half ago and lost his majority.

The National Assembly is dominated by the far-right and leftist factions who say the president is not listening to the voters and has lost legitimacy given his extremely low poll numbers.

Analysts say Macron has three options.

Name a prime minister from the larger mainstream left, dissolve parliament and call new legislative elections, or step down and let the French people choose a new president.

Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris.

Macron spoke from Copenhagen after a two-day EU summit on Russian drone interference in the European airspace.