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PARIS (Reuters) -Caretaker French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu struck a cautiously optimistic tone on Wednesday, saying a deal could potentially be reached on the country's budget by year-end, making the risk of a snap election more remote.
Outgoing French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, who intensified a political crisis by resigning earlier this week, said Wednesday he expected President Emmanuel Macron to name a new premier within t
PARIS (Reuters) -French caretaker Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Wednesday that President Emmanuel Macron could be in a position to nominate a new Prime minister in the next 48 hours, adding that the prospect of snap parliamentary elections was receding.
France’s Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned Monday just a day after President Emmanuel Macron named a new cabinet, deepening the country’s political crisis and sparking a selloff of French assets.
Lecornu was Macron’s fifth prime minister in his second term, which began in 2022, and the fourth in the last year. Lecornu had the shortest tenure of a prime minister in the history of France’s Fifth Republic, according to reports.
PARIS (Reuters) -Caretaker French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu struck a cautiously optimistic tone on Wednesday, saying a deal could potentially be reached on the country's budget by year-end, making the possibility of a snap election less likely.
French President Emmanuel Macron will name a new prime minister within the next 48 hours, his office said on Wednesday, after the resignation of outgoing premier Sebastien Lecornu tipped the
French PM Sébastien Lecornu resigned just hours after his Cabinet was formed, citing political parties' failure to negotiate.
PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu will make a speech at 9:30 a.m. (0730 GMT) on Wednesday in the courtyard at the Matignon Palace, his office said in a statement. Lecornu had said on Monday after announcing his resignation that he would hold a series of talks with political parties' leaders by Wednesday.