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An absolute record. Named Sunday evening, fallen Monday morning: Sébastien Lecornu's government only existed for 14 hours. An unprecedented duration that makes it the most ephemeral government in the history of the French Republic. Which governments were the shortest before it? We take stock.
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Sébastien Le Cornu was prime minister for 27 days and had a cabinet for all of 14 hours By Rachel Marsden, a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English.rachelmarsden.com FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron. © Pascal Le Segretain / Getty ImagesAnother day, another French prime minister comes out to wave the white flag.“The conditions were no longer in place for me to exercise the…
It took only 836 minutes, a little less than 14 hours, between the announcement of the composition of Sébastien Lecornu's government on Sunday 5 October and his resignation yesterday, Monday 6 October, in the morning. The Prime Minister spent 27 days in Matignon, the shortest period for a head of government since 1958. Based on data from the ParlGov project and open sources, we analysed the minimum duration of governments in the 27 Member States…
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