French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, the country’s outgoing premier Sébastien Lecornu said, after last-ditch talks between political parties to avoid snap parliamentary elections.
Lecornu, who resigned as prime minister on Monday but was then tasked by Macron with holding discussions with the parties in the hung parliament, said the prospect of fresh elections was receding and that a consensus was potentially emerging to pass a budget for 2026.
“I feel a path is possible,” Lecornu told France 2 TV on Wednesday evening, although he stressed it was “difficult”.
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