resignation<\/a> Monday following the collapse of his overnight government.<\/p>\n“The president of the republic has named Mr S\u00e9bastien Lecornu prime minister and has charged him with forming a government,” the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace said in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n
It was a surprise choice, rounding off a rollercoaster week in French politics.<\/p>\n
Late Sunday, Lecornu announced his cabinet, before it was publicly criticized by his interior minister that same night. On Monday morning, he submitted his resignation – which was accepted – before Macron reversed course and asked him to quarterback the selection of his successor in a 48-hour blitz round of talks with political opponents.<\/p>\n
Despite those efforts, for Macron, the solution to the domino-like collapse of recent prime ministers was apparently simple: more of the same.<\/p>\n
The political paralysis around assembling a cabinet and passing a budget has earned France unwelcome comparisons to European countries like Italy, with reputations for political instability.<\/p>\n
Lecornu faced broad criticism for his choice of ministers in Sunday night’s cabinet. After promising a break with the past two prime ministers, amid a divided political landscape in France, he announced a ministerial selection that featured more Macron allies than in the president’s very first cabinet in 2017.<\/p>\n
Lecornu took nearly a month to name his first short-lived cabinet. Many in France will be closely following his choice of colleagues second-time round.<\/p>\n
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