Outgoing French PM says ‘there is desire’ to agree budget and talks down prospect of snap election – Europe live
According to a report by The Guardian… Sébastien Lecornu speaks at the Matignon Palace and expresses optimism that parliament will not need to be dissolvedLecornu clarified on Wednesday that outgoing ministers from his government would not be entitled to compensation, according to Le Monde.The resigning prime minister noted in his speech that the topic of compensation for such ministers had upset “a certain number of French people”.It turns out that members of the government, when they leave office, are entitled to three months of compensation when they have no other income.It is obvious that ministers who were ministers for only a few hours will not be entitled to these compensations. I have decided to suspend them.This willingness creates a momentum and a convergence, obviously, which make the possibilities of a dissolution more remote. Continue reading… complete report is on below link. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/08/france-emmanuel-macron-lecornu-europe-live-news-updates