France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government resigned on Monday, hours after Lecornu announced his cabinet line-up, making it the shortest-lived administration in modern French history and deepening the country’s political crisis.
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lucorno submitted his resignation today to President Emmanuel Macron, hours after announcing the composition of his government.
AFP reported that the resignation of Lucorno, a former army minister, came after he was criticized by opponents and the right alike, after he revealed yesterday evening the composition of his government, in which many ministers from the previous government retained their portfolios, such as Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrow, Interior Minister Bruno Rotayo, and Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin, despite the escalating political crisis in the country.
On September 9, Macron tasked Lucorno with forming the new government, after the National Assembly withdrew confidence from François Bayrou’s government, following his proposal of an austerity budget that met with widespread opposition in parliament divided between political movements, without any party obtaining an explicit majority.
Disagreements over the government have previously toppled Bayrou as well as his predecessor Michel Barnier, as France has been suffering from a deep political crisis since Macron called early legislative elections last year, but this step resulted in a fragmented parliament between three rival parliamentary blocs.
