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PARIS, October 6 (Reuters) – France’s new Prime Minister Sebastian Lecorne resigned on Monday, just 14 hours after alliances and enemies appointed his new cabinet after threatening to defeat his government as well, defeat French stocks and the euro would drop significantly.
His swift resignation was unexpected and unprecedented, with another major depth in the French political crisis in mind.
The far-right National Rally prompted President Emmanuel Macron to immediately call on President Emmanuel Macron to snap a parliamentary election.
After weeks of consultation with the full party, Macron’s close ally, Lecorne, appointed a minister on Sunday and was scheduled to hold its first meeting on Monday afternoon.
However, the new cabinet lineup was angering enemies and allies. He discovered that the right was too right or not enough, raising doubts when France was already deeply plagued by a political crisis when it had not held a majority in fragmented parliament.
Lecorne handed Macron his resignation Monday morning.
“Sebastian Recorne has submitted his resignation of his government to the President of the Republic, who accepted it,” the Elicie news agency said.
French politics have become increasingly unstable since Macron was re-elected in 2022 due to a lack of parties that holds a majority in all political parties and parliament.
Macron’s decision to call last year’s Snap Congressional elections deepened the crisis by creating more fragmented parliament. Lecorne, who was appointed only last month, was Macron’s fifth prime minister in two years.
“Without a poll or the dissolution of the Parliament, we cannot return to stability,” said National Group Leader Jordan Bardera after Lecorne resigned.
(Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau, written by Benoit Van Overstreten, Michelle Rose, Sdip Car Gupta, Inti Landauro, and written by Ingrid Marander editor Gareth Jones)
