France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government resigned on Monday, hours after Lecornu announced his cabinet line-up, making it the shortest-lived in modern French history, driving stocks and the euro sharply lower.
The swift resignation was unexpected and marked another major deepening of France’s political crisis. It came after allies and foes alike threatened to topple the new government.
Speaking after tendering his resignation, Lecornu blamed the collapse on the inability of political parties to compromise.
Lecornu was prime minister for only 27 days. His government lasted 14 hours. The far-right National Rally immediately urged President Emmanuel Macron to call a snap parliamentary election. The hard left France Unbowed said Macron himself must go.
–Reuters–
