Embattled French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu was to give a high-stakes speech to a deeply divided parliament on Tuesday, with opponents already trying to topple his government.

France, the eurozone's second-largest economy, is in a political crisis that has spooked markets and raised concern about its minority government's ability to govern and pass measures to ease the country's debt burden.

After a week of drama that saw Lecornu resign only to be re-appointed days later, the 39-year-old prime minister has urged his new cabinet to do everything to help France overcome the deadlock and pass an austerity budget by the end of the year.

On Tuesday, his new government approved a draft budget in a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron, who warned that any vote to topple Lecornu's cabin

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