France's Macron will appoint new prime minister in next 48 hoursFrench President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, his office said on Wednesday, adding that a majority of lawmakers were against holding a snap parliamentary election amid France's worst crisis in decades. Sebastien Lecornu, France's fifth prime minister in two years, tendered his and his government's resignation on Monday, just hours after announcing the cabinet line-up, making it the shortest-lived administration in modern France. "On this basis, the President of the Republic will appoint a Prime Minister within the next 48 hours." Lecornu did not say who that next prime minister could be, making clear his job was done and it was up to Macron to decide. "I told the President of the Republic ... that I believe the situation allows for him to appoint a prime minister in the next 48 hours," Lecornu said.

Source: bd News24 October 09, 2025 00:31 UTC