”The President thanks Sébastien Lecornu for the work he has put in during the last 48 hours”, says Macron in a statement, and continues that he ”will appoint a new Prime Minister within 48 hours”.
The statement comes a short while after the outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who announced his departure on Monday, in a TV interview said that he believes the President now has the opportunity to appoint a successor.
President Emmanuel Macron gave him 48 hours on Tuesday to try to solve the acute crisis where no sufficient support has been given to the government that Lecornu tried to form after his accession in September.
