French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister within the next 48 hours, acting PM Sebastien Lecornu said in an interview with France 2.

Lecornu announced the end of his mission to negotiate with other parties.

He ruled out the possibility of returning to the post of prime minister, but said that “there is a way out,” and called for the formation of a government that “will be completely separate from the presidential ambitions of 2027.”

In addition, Lecornu rejected the possibility of new parliamentary elections in France.

“There is an absolute majority in the National Assembly opposed to dissolution. Two hundred ten MPs support the stability platform. This majority can serve as a basis for Macron to appoint a new prime minister,” Lecornu said.

At the same time, he firmly dismissed calls from some of Macron’s former allies for the president to resign after the adoption of the 2026 state budget.

“Now is not the time to change the president,” the acting premier said, and pointed to global instability and France’s diplomatic role as additional reasons to maintain stability at the highest level of French government.

Lecornu added that the draft of the new state budget will be submitted to parliament on October 13.

According to him, the National Assembly now has “a very relative majority of several political parties that, in essence, are ready to reach an agreement on a joint budget.”

“It will not be perfect. There will be many discussions. The political crisis must be resolved, a government must be formed, and a real debate must begin in parliament,” said the acting French prime minister.

And when asked whether he considered his mission successful, Lecornu paused and admitted, “Not really. I tried everything.”