Published: Sep 30, 2025, 23:36 IST | Updated: Sep 30, 2025, 23:36 IST
There is no peace in France, where the political crisis seems endless and deepening. Not even a month after being chosen to lead the government, Sebastian Lecornu ends up in the eye of the storm for qualifications he never obtained. The loyalist of French President Emmanuel Macron lied about the master’s degree in public law, which he claimed to have but never actually obtained. While he did attend the course, he apparently never finished it, failing to validate the second of the two-year program, claims the National Union of Public Education Officials (SNAPEN), which has filed a lawsuit with the Republic’s Court of Justice against the prime minister, now embroiled in a ‘scandal’ that could topple his administration.