France’s new Prime Minister, Sebastien Lecornu, resigned on Monday, barely 14 hours after appointing his new cabinet, after allies and foes alike threatened to topple his government, driving French stocks and the euro sharply lower.
His swift resignation was unexpected and unprecedented and marked another major deepening of France’s political crisis.
The far-right National Rally immediately urged President Emmanuel Macron to call a snap parliamentary election.
French outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who resigned just a day after naming his government, arrives to deliver his statement at the Hôtel Matignon in Paris, on Oct. 6, 2025. AP
After weeks of consultations with political parties across the board, Lecornu, a close ally of Macron, had appointed his ministers on Sunday and they had been set to
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