Emmanuel Macron, left, has reappointed Sebastien Lecornu just four days after the latter resigned. Photo / Christophe Simon, AFP
Emmanuel Macron, left, has reappointed Sebastien Lecornu just four days after the latter resigned. Photo / Christophe Simon, AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed his outgoing prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, just four days after Lecornu resigned.
“The president of the republic has nominated Mr Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister and has tasked him with forming a government,” the Elysee Palace said on Friday (local time).
Lecornu,in a message on X, said he accepted his reappointment “out of duty”, adding that “we must end the political crisis” gripping France.
He said he would do “everything possible” to give France a budget by the end of the year and added that restoring the public finances remained “a priority for our future”.
Meanwhile, all those who wanted to join his government “must commit to setting aside presidential ambitions” for 2027 elections, he warned.
France’s main far-right party vowed to immediately seek to bring down the Lecornu government after his reappointment as premier, saying it did not have “any future”.
Labelling as a “bad joke” the move by an “isolated and disconnected” Macron to reappoint Lecornu, National Rally (RN) leader Jordan Bardella said his party will “immediately of course censure this coalition which does not have any future” through a no-confidence motion in parliament.
