The French presidency has announced Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's new cabinet line-up, reappointing Roland Lescure, a close ally of Emmanuel Macron, as finance minister.

Lecornu's last government lasted just 14 hours and he is under pressure to urgently produce a budget and quell political turmoil that is scaring businesses and investors and staining the country's image.

Lecornu had pledged to deliver a cabinet of "renewal and diversity," but stuck with his previous picks for the three top posts including Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin.

The most notable change to the ministerial picks was incoming Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, head of the Paris police, who replaces Bruno Retailleau, leader of the conservative Republicans party and who harb

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