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Next French Government: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
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France’s PM resigns after less than a month amid widespread criticism of new cabinet
Sébastien Lecornu quits after Emmanuel Macron unveiled largely unchanged cabinet lineup
ANGELIQUE CHRISAFIS for THE GUARDIAN
France’s political crisis has deepened after the new prime minister dramatically resigned within hours of appointing a government.
Sébastien Lecornu was the third French prime minister in a year, as the country continued to lurch from one political crisis to another. He quit hours before his first cabinet meeting on Monday afternoon. Macron accepted Lecornu’s resignation on Monday morning.
Lecornu had faced furious criticism from opposition politicians when he announced a new government that was virtually unchanged since last month’s ousting of his predecessor, François Bayrou.
The proposed new government was dominated by President Emmanuel Macron’s allies, leaving the government almost unchanged.
Opposition parties said Lecornu had backtracked on the “profound break” with past politics that he had promised when he took over from the unpopular Bayrou, who was ousted on 9 September over a proposed budget squeeze.
The question now is whether the president will decide to dissolve parliament and call another snap election.
Jordan Bardella, the president of Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party, said: “There cannot be a return to stability without a return to the ballot box and the national assembly being dissolved.
“It was very clearly Emmanuel Macron who decided this government himself. He has understood nothing of the political situation we are in.”
The National Rally has pushed for another election, believing they can increase their seats and presence in parliament.
France has gone through a period of instability and political crisis since the centrist Macron called an inconclusive snap election last year. The parliament remains divided between the three blocs: the left, the far right and the centre, with no clear majority.
A budget for next year must be agreed within weeks, even though political parties are at loggerheads and Lecornu’s tenure ended in less than a month.
Parties from the left to far right were to hold meetings on Monday to decide whether or not to vote to oust Lecornu in a no-confidence vote, and it appeared that the government would collapse before it had even started work. Lecornu apparently decided to leave before he could be ousted.
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