France, Oct. 7 -- France's outgoing Prime Minister Seebastien Lecornu is expected to meet a clutch of top politicians on Tuesday as part of a last-ditch effort to rally cross-party support for a cabinet line-up.

Lecornu unveiled a team of 18 politicianson Sunday evening but the selection immediately came under fire for containing many of the same faces from the previous incarnation under his predecessor Francois Bayrou.

Despite retaining his post as Interior Minister, Bruno Retailleau, the head of the Les Republicains party, complained about Lecornu's choices on social media and called for a meeting of his group's top politicians.

On Monday morning, Lecornu appeared on the steps of his Paris residence at Le Matignon to outline the reas...