Sebastien Lecornu, who had previously resigned, was reappointed as Prime Minister of France.
BFM TV reports this with reference to a statement from the Elysee Palace.
President Emmanuel Macron has tasked the newly appointed prime minister with forming a new government.
Lecornu himself wrote on the social network X that "out of a sense of duty" he accepts the task assigned to him by the president "to do everything possible to adopt the French budget by the end of the year and solve the problems of the daily life of compatriots".
"It is necessary to put an end to this political crisis that is irritating the French people and to the instability that is damaging Franceʼs image and its interests," the French Prime Minister noted.
He believes that "those who enter the government should commit to getting rid of presidential ambitions for 2027".
Lecornu had been in charge of the French government for less than a month, starting on September 9. He resigned on October 6. President Macron accepted his resignation, but he instructed Lecornu to hold two days of talks with political parties to try to find a way out of the crisis.
What preceded
Following the parliamentary elections in June–July 2024, the National Assembly was divided into three main blocs: a left-wing coalition known as the New Popular Front, centrist allies of President Emmanuel Macron, and the far-right National Rally party. None of the blocs won an absolute majority.
In September, Macron asked then-Prime Minister Michel Barnier to form a government dominated by republicans and centrists. Barnier negotiated with the National Rally until the end and made several concessions to meet their budget demands. However, the French far-right called them insufficient.
The opposition initiated a vote of no confidence in Barnierʼs government after he decided to pass a bill on the social security budget for 2025 (which provided for significant budget savings, including tax increases) without a vote by deputies. The opposition forces disagreed with this bill.
The National Assembly, the lower house of the French parliament, voted in favour of a vote of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier on December 4. On December 23, a new government was formed in France, led by François Bayrou.
In late summer 2025, Bayrou submitted a motion for parliament to vote on a vote of confidence to break the months-long impasse over his austerity budget.
The French National Assembly failed to pass a vote of confidence in the government on the evening of 8 September. François Bayrou became the first prime minister in modern French history to resign due to a failed vote of confidence, rather than a vote of no confidence.
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