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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley Europe correspondent

What happened on a chaotic day in French politics – and what next?

Lecornu in front of a microphone
Lecornu, pictured delivering a statement on Monday, was France’s fifth prime minister since Macron’s re-election in 2022. Photograph: Stéphane Mahé/Reuters

Even by recent standards, Monday was a day of high drama in France’s corridors of power.

In the morning, hours after his new cabinet was announced and less than a month after his appointment, the prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, resigned along with his government.

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