Sébastien Lecornu continues meetings with party leaders in effort to pass budget and avoid further political instability • Europe live – latest updates Sébastien Lecornu continues meetings with party leaders in effort to pass budget and avoid further political instability Europe live – latest updates France’s caretaker prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has said his talks with various party leaders had revealed a “willingness” to pass a budget by the end of the year and that snap parliamentary