Emmanuel Macron has called for “stability” after a week of government chaos, as his reappointed prime minister seeks to put a deficit-cutting budget before parliament and survive threats of a no-confidence vote.
“At this moment, France is being watched. The message it must give is a message of stability and strength,” the French president said on Monday, following a week of political turmoil that has damaged the country’s international image and dented investor confidence.
After his resignation and reappointment last week, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has named a new government with technocratic figures in key government posts, and without some political heavyweights, such as conservative interior minister Bruno Retailleau and former prime ministers Élisabeth Borne and Manuel Valls.