Sébastien Lecornu (l), reappointed as prime minister days after he quit, faces a huge challenge drafting a budget that can get through parliament and address France’s soaring debt.

French President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Sébastien Lecornu as Prime Minister, just five days after Mr. Lecornu quit the post as he was unable to form a government.

Mr. Lecornu accepted the job once again late Friday, saying he was acting “out of duty.” He also promised “to do everything possible ” to s hepherd a budget through the fractious National Assembly by the end of the year.

“We must put an end to this political crisis that is exasperating the French people and to end this instability that is bad for the image of France and its interests,” he said on X.

The political déjà vu is unlikel

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