France's fifth prime minister in two years, tendered his and his government's resignation on Monday. Photo: EPA PHOTO

France's caretaker prime minister Sebastien Lecornu sees a path to forming a new government, but that the "final stretch" would be difficult, adding that it was possible France could have a new premier in the next 48 hours.

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Lecornu, France's fifth prime minister in two years, tendered his and his government's resignation on Monday, just hours after announcing the cabinet line-up, making it the shortest-lived administration in modern France.

But at President Emmanuel

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