Lecornu Returns as PM, Seeks Nonpartisan Support

Newly reappointed Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu urged calm and a government free of partisan hostage-taking during a police-station visit near Paris, conceding his tenure may be brief. Renamed by President Emmanuel Macron after a week of turmoil, the 39-year-old appealed for cross-party help to pass a budget as France wrestles with debt and poverty. Rivals from far right to left blasted the choice: the National Rally vowed to try to topple the cabinet; Republicans offered text-by-text backing; Socialists threatened to bring down government unless a 2023 pension age hike is halted. Lecornu, who resigned Monday, returned citing financial needs.

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