Quick comeback: Macron reappoints Sebastien Lecornu as France's PM

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Sébastien Lecornu (AP)French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reappointed Sébastien Lecornu as the country’s prime minister, the Élysée Palace announced, bringing an end to a week of political turmoil. "The president of the republic has nominated Mr Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister and has tasked him with forming a government," the Élysée Palace said in a statement. 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".Far right vows to immediately oust new Lecornu government France's main far-right party on Friday vowed to immediately seek to bring down the new French government led by Sébastien Lecornu after his reappointment as premier, saying it did not have "any future". Labelling the move by an "isolated and disconnected" President Emmanuel Macron to reappoint Lecornu a "bad joke", 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.Lecornu had abruptly resigned on Monday, just hours after unveiling a new Cabinet that drew opposition from a key coalition partner.His sudden departure prompted called for Macron to step down or dissolve parliament, but the president instead announced on Wednesday that he would name a successor within 48 hours.With no majority in the National Assembly to push through his reform agenda, Macron has faced growing criticism from both the opposition and members of his own camp. Political observers say the reappointment underlines the president’s limited room for manoeuvre.Political party leaders who met Macron for more than two hours on Friday said they were unsure what decision he would take. Some cautioned that reappointing a prime minister from his fragile centrist bloc could again be rejected by the lower house, prolonging the crisis.