French caretaker PM Lecornu: We could have new PM in 48 hours


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  • Thursday, 09 Oct 2025

French outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, who presented his government's resignation to the French president this morning, delivers a statement at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France, October 6, 2025. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/Pool

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)

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