By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Mathias de Rozario

PARIS (Reuters) -Leaders of France’s Socialist Party met with new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Wednesday, seeking to get big concessions on the budget in talks that could shape the final stretch of President Emmanuel Macron’s second term.

The Socialists have spent years on the political sidelines since Macron was elected president in 2017, but now hold leverage as Lecornu meets with party leaders across the political spectrum to try to get support from a fragmented parliament.

Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure said on X that he was meeting Lecornu to make demands that include “an end to harsh budget cuts, fair contributions from the wealthiest, increased purchasing power”.

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