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Outgoing French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu begins two days of final talks with members of different parties on Tuesday, a day after his shock resignation, in an attempt to find a way out of the country's political crisis.
Lecornu submitted his resignation and that of his government on Monday morning after his government, announced on Sunday evening, was rejected by both allies and opponents. His government was the shortest-lived administration in modern French history.
Macron tasked Lecornu on Monday with leading the talks, setting a deadline of Wednesday evening.
Politicians of all stripes expressed confusion about the president's moves, with some arguing that Lecornu's new assignment was simply an attempt to buy more time nearly a month after the outgoing prime minister was appointed.
It was not immediately clear what the scope of Lecornu's responsibilities would be during these discussions.
"Like many French people, I no longer understand the president's decisions," said Gabriel Attal, a centrist lawmaker and former prime minister under Macron.
Lecornu was scheduled to meet early Tuesday with several members of the conservative Les Republicains (LR) and center-right Rilindja parties, including Senate President Gerard Larcher and National Assembly Speaker Yael Braun-Pivet.
France's current political crisis, the deepest since the creation in 1958 of the Fifth Republic, its modern system of government, dates back to June of last year.
After the far right gained ground in the European Parliament elections, Macron announced early elections for the lower house of parliament.
The result was a divided Parliament with no clear majority, in a country with a government designed to have a powerful president with a strong parliamentary majority and with little history of coalition and consensus building.
Lecornu was Macron's third prime minister since those elections were called, and Macron's options are now limited.
The president could appoint a new prime minister. The Socialists have urged Macron to appoint a prime minister from the left, which he has opposed because a left-wing prime minister would likely seek to reverse his pension reform and tax changes.
Macron is also not constitutionally prohibited from reappointing Lecornu, a close ally.
Opposition parties have also called on him to dissolve parliament or resign. Macron, whose term ends in 2027, has so far ruled out resigning or calling new parliamentary elections.
The head of business chiefs' lobbying group Medef, Patrick Martin, told Franceinfo radio on Tuesday that the political crisis "adds to the concern that already existed within our ranks."
"We are seeing this political spectacle that saddens us and we are calling for a sense of responsibility on the part of all political actors," he said.
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