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France’s PM resigns after less than a month amid widespread criticism of new cabinet

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Macron asks outgoing French PM to make last-ditch effort to resolve political crisis

France’s political crisis has deepened after the new prime minister dramatically resigned within hours of appointing a government.

Sébastien Lecornu was the third French prime minister in a year, as the country continued to lurch from one political crisis to another. He quit hours before his first cabinet meeting on Monday afternoon. Macron accepted Lecornu’s resignation on Monday morning.

Lecornu then made what he called a “spontaneous” speech on the steps of the prime minister’s residence in Paris. He appeared to place the blame on opposition political parties in France, who he said had not wanted to compromise.

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