Overview

• France’s presidency said Lecornu was tasked with forming a government after being reinstated as prime minister.
• Lecornu wrote on X that he accepts the mission out of duty and will do everything possible to secure financing by year’s end.
• He resigned on October 6 after only 27 days in office, stepping down just hours after presenting his cabinet.
• The National Assembly remains fractured with far-right and far-left blocs rejecting cooperation with Macron, and analysts say passage of the budget is unlikely without Socialist support.
• Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova denounced the move as evidence of a “total crisis of democracy” in France.