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Outgoing PM Sebastien Lecornu resigned 14 hours after forming his cabinet and now has 48 hours to hold talks aimed at resolving France’s political deadlock, officials said.
- On Tuesday, outgoing French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu began two days of cross‑party talks after Macron tasked him to report back by Wednesday evening, adding `I have accepted, at the request of the president, to hold final discussions with the political forces for the stability of the country.`
- After unveiling a contested cabinet on Sunday, Lecornu resigned early Monday less than 14 hours later, making his 27-day tenure the shortest premiership in modern French history.
- Market moves underscored investor anxiety as Bruno Le Maire, named defence minister, stepped aside amid fierce backlash and twelve of eighteen ministers were reappointed; the CAC 40 index fell nearly 2% Monday and France's yield premium rose to around 86 basis points.
- Macron may appoint a new prime minister or call fresh legislative polls as opposition parties including the Socialists and Les Républicains and National Rally renewed calls for snap elections.
- Repeated government turnover has left France struggling to form stable coalitions, compounding a year-long crisis after the 2024 snap parliamentary elections and hung parliament.
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Prime Minister Lecornu is looking for a way out of the crisis. If he failed, the French could be called to the election again in November.
The sequence was quick, but painful. Sébastien Lecornu, 27 days in office, third prime minister in a year, appointed at night the holders of the most important portfolios of his future government. A decal of the previous one. Strong presence of macronism. There was outrage, threats from the members of the right. France lay down imagining the typical fray and rose with the resignation of the prime minister. His executive had lasted exactly 836 mi…
In France, the resigned Prime Minister Lecornu, on behalf of President Macron, is looking for ways out of the government crisis.
Macron urged to quit to end France’s political crisis
President Emmanuel Macron was on Tuesday under pressure even from allies to find a rapid solution to France’s political deadlock, after his first prime minister and one-time ally urged him to resign for the sake of the country. Macron, president since 2017, has been battling the worst domestic political crisis of his presidency after the shock resignation on Monday of his seventh prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu. Macron gave Lecornu until Wedne…
VIDEO - Marie Chantrait, head of the political service of BFMTV, returns to the images of Emmanuel Macron, captured this Monday, September 6, 2025, on the banks of Seine after the resignation of Sébastien Lecornu.
What will the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, do now? That question is again on everyone’s lips in France this week, after the surprising resignation of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and his cabinet, less than 24 hours after his formation. Lecornu, a close ally of Macron who was named just a month ago, blamed the fractured French political parties for not reaching a compromise on a much needed budget to deal with the growing debt and th…
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