Published: Oct 06, 2025, 22:06 IST | Updated: Oct 06, 2025, 22:06 IST
France has been thrown into fresh political chaos after Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned barely hours after unveiling his cabinet. His government lasted just 14 hours, marking the briefest tenure in modern French history.
Opposition leaders are demanding that President Emmanuel Macron either step down or call snap elections. Markets reacted nervously—stocks slipped, the euro weakened, and investor confidence wavered. Lecornu cited parliamentary deadlock and fierce opposition as reasons for his abrupt exit. With national debt climbing and the legislature bitterly divided, France’s latest crisis underscores just how fragile governance has become in Europe’s second-largest economy.