Sebastien Lecornu's resignation has come kind of completely out of the blue - and there doesn't seem to be an obvious reason for it.

Less than 24 hours earlier, the French prime minister tweeted he had successfully formed a new government and spoke about the challenges facing that government to pass a much-needed budget, something his predecessors failed to do.

Now, early on Monday morning, his resignation was handed down and accepted by Emmanuel Macron , leaving the president in a real crisis because he is going through prime ministers, very quickly, too quickly, really, for his position to remain stable for much longer.

Image: (L-R) Sebastien Lecornu and Emmanuel Macron. Pic: Reuters

You will now get some very strong calls, and they are becoming quite credible calls, from M

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