Embattled French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu will give a high-stakes speech Tuesday to a deeply divided parliament, a day after President Emmanuel Macron blamed opponents for plunging the country into ¡°chaos.¡±
France, the eurozone¡¯s second-largest economy, is in a deep political crisis that has spooked markets and raised concern about its minority government¡¯s ability to govern and ease the country¡¯s debt burden.
After an extraordinary week of political drama, which saw Lecornu resign on Oct. 6 only to be reappointed by Macron on Friday, the 39-year-old prime minister urged his new Cabinet on Monday to do everything to help France overcome the deadlock.
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