French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned less than a month after his appointment, risking further fracturing within an already divided government. Lecornu announced he was stepping down on Monday morning, and the move was swiftly accepted by President Emmanuel Macron.

Paris is significantly weakened, and a trilateral meeting between France, Germany and Spain scheduled for October is now on hold.

France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government resigned on Monday, hours after Lecornu announced his cabinet line-up, making it the shortest-lived administration in modern French history and deepening the country's political crisis.

The current crisis in French polity dates back to the collapse of the traditional political system that revolved around the centre-Left and centre-Right outfits

EDITORIAL. The success of the union-led mobilization on September 18 is a reminder to Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu that these organizations are essential for achieving the compromise needed to pull the country out of its budget deadlock.

PARIS (AP) — Legislators toppled France’s government in a confidence vote on Monday, a new crisis for Europe’s second-largest economy that obliges President Emmanuel Macron to search for a fourth prime minister in 12 months. Prime Minister François ...

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns just 27 days into office, following internal deadlock and failed government formation. Political instability persists as opposition demands fresh elections and Macron's resignation.

An increasingly tense dispute between Paris and Algiers has spiralled into what French diplomatic sources told Euronews is the “biggest diplomatic crisis” since Algeria gained independence in 1962. First triggered by arguments over the contested ...

French President Emmanuel Macron may have pushed through his unpopular pension reform but only at great cost to his political capital, which he is now seeking to repair by offering talks with trade unions on other issues.