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President Macron aims to stabilize governance by appointing a new prime minister to address budget deadlock and avoid snap elections amid a fractured parliament, says outgoing PM Lecornu.
- French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to name a new prime minister within the next 48 hours, according to the Elysee presidential office.
- Outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu stated that he believes a majority of lawmakers oppose early elections and hinted at progress in talks.
- Lecornu's resignation, after a 14-hour administration, marked the shortest term in modern French history amid political deadlock over a crucial budget.
- Macron faces criticism amid protests and suggests that a more technocratic administration may follow, emphasizing the need for stability in governance.
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PARIS. – “This is not the time to change president, an absolute majority in the Assembly rejects dissolution and France will have a new prime minister in 48 hours.” With those three statements, the outgoing Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, informed the country this Wednesday of the results of the two days of negotiations entrusted to Emmanuel Macron to obtain a political consensus and get the country out of the serious institutional crisis tha…
The resigning Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, shows up on TV and announces that the Eliseo will appoint a successor within 48 hours. Meanwhile, he dictates the agenda to court the socialists: less stakes on the deficit and suspension of the contested reform Borne.Marine Le Pen had tried: "If the French ...
Emmanuel Macron has given himself 48 hours to appoint a Prime Minister. Still, we have to find the right profile. And the equation is very complicated.
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