"Four days after he resigned as prime minister, Lecornu is returning to the post. French President Emmanuel Macron has re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister. Lecornu, who had stepped down from the same post on Monday, just weeks after taking office, returns in a surprise move after days of negotiations aimed at ending a political impasse in the country. list of 3 itemsend of list Lecornu is tasked him with forming a new cabinet, Macron's office said in a statement on Friday."
"I accept out of duty the mission entrusted to me by the President of the Republic to do everything possible to provide France with a budget by the end of the year and to address the daily life issues of our fellow citizens, Lecornu wrote on X. We must put an end to this political crisis that exasperates the French people and to this instability that is harmful to France's image and its interests."
"First appointed a month ago, Lecornu, 39, had come under increasing pressure in recent weeks as he struggled to pass a budget through the fractured French Parliament amid a debt crisis. In naming Lecornu, Macron, 47, risks the wrath of his political rivals, who have argued that the best way out of the country's deepest political crisis in decades was for Macron to either hold snap parliamentary elections or resign."
Sebastien Lecornu resigned as prime minister and was re-appointed by President Emmanuel Macron four days later. Macron has tasked Lecornu with forming a new cabinet to secure a budget by year-end and address citizens' daily-life issues. Lecornu accepted the mission on X, invoking duty and calling to end a political crisis and instability harmful to France's image. Lecornu, 39, faced mounting pressure after struggling to pass a budget through a fractured Parliament amid a debt crisis. Macron, 47, risks critics who demand snap elections or his resignation after last year’s snap polls produced a hung parliament and gains for the far right.
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