France, Aug. 14 -- France's political ceasefire declared during the Olympic Games has ended and President Emmanuel Macron is now faced with the pressing task of appointing a prime minister and forming a government.

In the run-up to the Games, snap elections called by Macron plunged the country into an execpected political crisis.

Macron, who is yet to appoint a new prime minister, said on Monday that the Olympics had shown the world "the true face of France".

He added: "We don't want life to get back to normal."

It was a sentiment echoed in the media.Le Monde said the Games had "offered the capital and the entire country more than two weeks of fervour and happiness".

In The Times,sportswriter Owen Slot wrote that for17 days "the ster...