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Pressure mounted Saturday on France's newly reappointed premier Sebastien Lecornu to get an austerity budget approved, as more parties threatened to topple a man whose first term lasted a mere 27 days.

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Macron's office said he would pick a name by Friday evening after his seventh prime minister Sebastien Lecornu threw in the towel on Monday following months of stalemate over an austerity budget.

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Domestically, the austerity measures have been met with growing backlash, as people's purchasing power declines and the country faces a likely economic recession.

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That will force a choice of austerity or inflation, and I suspect politicians will take the easy route of higher inflation.

Carney said the Nov. 4 budget would incorporate austerity measures as the government tries to reduce spending on government operations to free up cash for infrastructure projects.

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