Macron accuses rivals of fuelling instability as he dismisses calls to resign

French president says opposition has not risen to the moment' after reappointment of Sebastien Lecornu as PM

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has accused rival political parties of fuelling instability in France, as he brushed aside calls by the opposition for him to resign amid France's worst political crisis in decades.

Many of those who have fuelled division and speculation have not risen to the moment," Macron said of French opposition parties, as he arrived in Egypt on Monday to attend a summit on Gaza. He said rival political forces" were solely responsible for this chaos" after they instigated the destabilisation" of the prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu.