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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Phoebe Weston

Tuesday briefing: As yet another prime minister resigns, France may have become ungovernable

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou leaves after he delivered his general policy statement during an extraordinary parliamentary session ahead of a confidence vote.
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou leaves after he delivered his general policy statement during an extraordinary parliamentary session ahead of a confidence vote. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Good morning. France has bid adieu to its fourth prime minister in just over three years.

François Bayrou, a 74-year-old tractor-driving centrist (who claimed to be a great consensus-builder), has been ousted after just nine months on the job for failing to do the thing he promised: find agreement in the French parliament.

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