Posted on 10/06/2025 4:28:21 AM PDT by fluorescence
France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned, less than a day after his cabinet was unveiled.
"The conditions were not fulfilled for me to carry on as prime minister," Lecornu said on Monday morning, and criticised the unwillingness by political parties to reach compromises.
The Elysée palace made the announcement after Lecornu met President Emmanuel Macron for an hour on Monday morning.
The shock move comes only 26 days after Lecornu was appointed prime minister following the collapse of the previous government of François Bayrou.
Parties across the board in the National Assembly had fiercely criticised the composition of Lecornu's cabinet, which was largely unchanged from Bayrou's, and threatened to vote it down.
Several parties are clamouring for early elections and some are calling for Macron to go - although he has always said he will not stand down before his term ends in 2027.
"The only wise thing to do now is to hold elections," said Marine Le Pen of the hard-right National Rally (RN).
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Michel Barnier was appointed prime minister last September but was ousted within three months.
The government of his successor François Bayrou's too was voted down after nine months after parliament refused to back his austerity budget, which aimed to slash government spending by €44bn ($51bn; £38bn).
France's deficit reached 5.8% of its GDP in 2024 and its national debt is 114% of its GDP.
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“”The only wise thing to do now is to hold elections,” said Marine Le Pen of the hard-right National Rally (RN).”
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In Europe, anything right of Karl Marx is always “hard-right”.
I suppose it’s fitting, as his name is pretty close to the French word for “unicorn”, anyway. :P
France’s deficit reached 5.8% of its GDP in 2024 and its national debt is 114% of its GDP.
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Tis does not look that bad?!
For comparison, US deficit is 6.4 % of GDP and debt 119%.
And the DEMS are trying to waste more money!
Surrendering is just an old French tradition.
I guess with crack governing like that France is free tell tell the rest of the world how it should be run.
The French debt-to-GDP ratio is climbing to ~114% in 2025.
The problem is...the longer this finance issue continues...it drag upon the rest of the EU.
Après moi, le déluge.
US taxpayers are no longer keeping Europe’s welfare states afloat.
Gonna suck to be Europe.
Sébastien - “I’m taking my ball home too!”
Macron is the Newscum of France.
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