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France has been in political turmoil the last several months and that trend will continue.
France’s new prime minister has resigned from his post just after one month in office.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, stepped down just a day after naming his government and a month after he replaced former prime minister Francois Bayrou who was ousted after a confidence vote.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns a few hours after forming his government, becomes shortest-lived PM since the start of the Fifth Republic (2025) pic.twitter.com/w9BuXq6U7n
— insane moments in french politics (@InsaneFrenchPol) October 6, 2025
The Hill had more details to add and what led to Lecornu’s resignation:
Facing criticism from all sides, France’s new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the country into a deep political crisis.
The French presidency said in a statement Monday that President Emmanuel Macron has accepted his resignation. Lecornu had replaced his predecessor François Bayrou to become France’s fourth prime minister in barely a year.
A faithful ally of Macron, Lecornu said conditions were no longer met to remain in office after failing to build a consensus.
“It would take little for it to work,” Lecornu said in his resignation speech. “By being more selfless for many, by knowing how to show humility. One must always put one’s country before one’s party.”
Macron’s opponents immediately tried to capitalize on the shocking resignation, with the far-right National Rally calling on him to either call for new snap elections or resign.
“This raises a question for the President of the Republic: can he continue to resist the legislature dissolution? We have reached the end of the road,” far-right leader Marine Le Pen said. “There is no other solution. The only wise course of action in these circumstances is to return to the polls.”
On the far left, France Unbowed also asked for Macron’s departure, while voices on the left called for the revival of a coalition made up of leftists, socialists, greens and communists.
BREAKING: French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned.
He had only been in office for a month. https://t.co/G8gDzyqv3Q
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— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 6, 2025
Fox News reported leaders of the French right are now calling for French President Emmanuel Macron to step down too:
Macron’s opponents immediately tried to capitalize on the shocking resignation, with the far-right National Rally calling on him to either call for new snap elections or resign.
“This raises a question for the president of the republic: can he continue to resist the legislature dissolution? We have reached the end of the road,” far-right leader Marine Le Pen said. “There is no other solution. The only wise course of action in these circumstances is to return to the polls.”
On the far left, France Unbowed also asked for Macron’s departure, while voices on the left called for the revival of a coalition made up of leftists, socialists, greens and communists.
The resignation rattled investors, sending the CAC-40 index of leading French companies plunging. The index was down by nearly 2% on its Friday close.
Ministers appointed just the previous night found themselves in the bizarre situation of becoming caretaker ministers — kept in place only to manage day-to-day affairs until a new government is formed — before some of them had even been formally installed in office.
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