Uncertainty continues within the French government after President Emmanuel Macron reappointed Sebastien Lecornu as Prime Minister. It comes only days after he left the position, but there's no guarantee he will last the second time around.

Now Lecornu faces a divided parliament and a draft budget must be presented by Monday. 

Lecornu spent 27 days in office before resigning as PM on October 6. His resignation came less than a day after he announced his cabinet making it one of the shortest tenancies in French history. Lecornu says he resigned as the challenge to pass legislation and negotiate with the opposition grew even more difficult with a tight 2026 budget. 

Macron's decision to reappoint Lecornu on October 10 enraged some of his fiercest opponents who have argued the only way out of France's worst political crisis in decades is for the president to resign. 

Leftist, hard-left and far-right parties all said they would vote to topple Lecornu, leaving him reliant on the Socialists, whose leaders have so far remained silent on their plans.

By Monday, Lecornu must present a draft budget bill - first to cabinet, and then on the same day to parliament. 

That means, at a minimum, the ministers responsible for finance, budget, and social security must be appointed by then.

Neither the Elysee palace nor Lecornu's office, Matignon, gave immediate indication on when he could name his cabinet, or who could be in it.

In an X post on Friday, Lecornu said that whoever joined his government would have to renounce their personal ambitions to succeed Macron in 2027, a contest that has injected instability into France's weak minority governments and fractious legislature. He pledged a cabinet of "renewal and diversity".

Lecornu has not disclosed any details about what is in the draft, but he did say after he resigned that the budget deficit must be reduced to between 4.7 per cent and 5 per cent of economic output next year, a bigger gap than the 4.6 percent targeted by his predecessor. 

The deficit is forecast at 5.4 per cent this year.

It remains to be seen what he will do about repealing Macron's pensions reform and adding a billionaires' tax - two measures the Socialists had demanded in exchange for their support.