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France’s new prime minister resigned on Monday after less than one month in the role.
Sebastien Lecornu, 39, met with president Emmanuel Macron, who accepted his resignation, the French presidency said in a statement.
Speaking on the steps of the Hôtel de Matignon on Monday, he said: “You cannot be prime minister when the conditions are not met.”
Lecornu’s resignation came just a day after naming his ministers, and after only two weeks in office. His resignation makes it the shortest-lived government of the Fifth Republic.
Lecornu, a former defence minister, was due to deliver his general policy statement to the National Assembly on
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