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Outgoing French premier gets chance to salvage government

October 6, 2025

President Emmanuel Macron has asked the outgoing prime minister to hold last-ditch talks to find a way out of France's political crisis. Sebastien Lecornu resigned after less than a month in office. He was criticised for failing to bring enough new faces into the cabinet.

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France is facing fresh political turmoil after Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned just 27 days into his term — the shortest in modern French history.

His departure follows a failed attempt to form a stable cabinet amid a deeply divided parliament.
President Emmanuel Macron has given Lecornu until Wednesday to resolve the crisis, hinting at possible snap elections if talks collapse.

Public frustration is mounting as France sees its fifth prime minister in under two years.