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Reappointed French PM scrambles to form government

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu meets police officers during a visit to a police station in L'Hay-les-Roses. [AFP]

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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