US EditionCaretaker French PM Lecornu: Hopeful on Budget, Snap Election Becomes More Remote
Caretaker PM Lecornu aims to secure a budget deal to prevent snap elections amid France’s political crisis, with parties targeting a deficit below 5 percent in 2026.
- On 08/10/2025, Sébastien Lecornu sought to unite rival parties at the Hotel Matignon to approve a budget and head off snap elections, and he was due to brief President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday.
- The collapse followed disputes over the 2023 pension reform and strained budget talks, fueling anti-austerity protests and opposition calls for snap elections or Macron's resignation.
- Sébastien Lecornu sought to secure support by aiming to reduce the 2025 deficit from 5.4 per cent to 4.7 per cent, with Paris' CAC 40 index up 1.1 per cent on Wednesday.
- Lecornu said growing willingness on a year-end budget makes dissolution more remote, noting `There is a willingness to have a budget for France before Dec 31 this year` and withholding severance for ministers appointed on Sunday.
- Lecornu told France 2 he believes a new prime minister could be named within 48 hours, but he made clear he would not be the next prime minister and left the choice to President Emmanuel Macron.
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Immanuel Macron had given his Prime Minister 48 hours to negotiate to the right and above all to the left to get out of the rut. This Wednesday morning, Sébastien Lecornu declared that there is a will to have a budget for France before 31 December 2025, which removes the prospect of dissolution. He received almost all the political parties. But for the moment, no agreement would have been reached. (Politics).
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Caretaker French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu expressed cautious optimism on Wednesday, suggesting that a budget deal could be reached, which would reduce the likelihood of a snap election. His comments came as he prepared to conclude talks with various parties and update President Emmanuel Macron on potential solutions to end France’s most severe political crisis in decades. Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University Management Sc…
The countdown is accelerating. France’s resigning Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, will submit to a televised interview this Wednesday at 20.00 to try to clear the country’s political future. At that time he should announce the outcome of negotiations with the parties that will have lasted 48 hours. Earlier, early in the afternoon, he will dispatch with the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, to agree on a decision that is closer than …
Outgoing French PM says snap election less likely as budget talks advance
France’s outgoing Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, on Wednesday made a last-ditch bid to unite rival parties and pull his collapsed government out of political deadlock – hoping to agree on a budget and head off the threat of a snap election.
He did not address the crucial issue of a possible suspension of the highly contested 2023 pension reform, on which he was very much expected.
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