Risk of French general election is receding, outgoing PM says

Uniunea Europeana

PARIS — Outgoing French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu expressed confidence Wednesday morning that enough lawmakers could agree on a budget for next year to avoid the need for snap elections in the coming weeks. Lecornu at a brief press conference said he had “good news” of a “desire to have a budget for France before December 31.” “This desire,” he said, “makes the prospect of dissolution more remote.” After submitting his government’s resignation Monday, thrusting France into a political