French caretaker PM Lecornu: We could have new PM in 48 hours
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 8, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
French caretaker PM Lecornu suggests President Macron could nominate a new Prime Minister within 48 hours, with decreasing chances of snap elections.
PARIS (Reuters) -French caretaker Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Wednesday that President Emmanuel Macron could be in a position to nominate a new Prime minister in the next 48 hours, adding that the prospect of snap parliamentary elections was receding.
"I told the President of the Republic that the prospects of dissolution were receding and that I believe the situation allows for the president to name a Prime minister in the next 48 hours," Lecornu told France 2.
(Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Richard Lough)
The main topic is the potential nomination of a new French Prime Minister by President Macron within 48 hours.
Lecornu mentioned that the likelihood of snap parliamentary elections is receding.
The current caretaker Prime Minister is Sebastien Lecornu.
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