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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Michael Howie

France loses yet another prime minister as Sebastien Lecornu sensationally quits plunging country into deeper crisis

France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned on Monday barely 14 hours after appointing his new cabinet - plunging the country into a fresh political crisis.

His shock resignation led to demands from the far-right National Rally for President Emmanuel Macron to call a snap parliamentary election.

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