French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns just weeks after appointment

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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns just weeks after appointment  Following his resignation on Monday, Lecornu became the shortest-serving prime minister of France since 1958.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/06/french-prime-minister-sebastien-lecornu-resigns-just-weeks-after-appointment  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:01French Prime Minister Sébastien Le Corneau resigned on Monday just weeks after his appointment,

00:07becoming France's shortest serving leader since 1958.

00:12President Emmanuel Macron accepted his resignation hours after Le Corneau unveiled his new cabinet,

00:18triggering another political crisis for the Élysées.

00:23Le Corneau said that the conditions were no longer in place to govern.

00:52Blaming partisan divisions for his resignation, he urged politicians to put country before party.

00:59His resignation is set to deepen France's political deadlock, with the far right calling for snap elections

01:05and Macron under growing pressure to form a stable government.

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