French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has explained his surprise reappointment by French President Emmanuel Macron, just days after he announced his resignation.

Lecornu, a close ally of Macron, took office as prime minister just four weeks ago but resigned on Monday amid government tensions, plunging France into a further political crisis.

But his return was confirmed on Friday after he was tasked by Macron with holding last-ditch talks with political opponents to find a path forward after months of instability in Paris.

Under the French constitution, a new budget for the coming year must be submitted to parliament by a prime minister by Monday.

"I have no other ambition than to get us out of this situation, which is objectively very difficult for everyone," Lecornu said in the Pari

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