Macron says he won’t name government until after Olympics

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he won't name a new government until after the end of the Paris Olympics.

It comes after the New Popular Front (NFP), a left-wing coalition that makes up the largest group in France's parliament after recent elections, put forward a little-known civil servant, Lucie Castets, as a candidate for prime minister.

Responding to the proposal, Mr Macron said that to make a new appointment before mid-August would "create disorder".