Marine Le Pen, the leader of the parliamentary faction of the French right-wing National Rally party, called on President Emmanuel Macron on Monday to dissolve the parliament following the resignation of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu.
"I urge him to dissolve the National Assembly, because we are at the end of the road, there is no other solution... The only wise decision in such circumstances is provided for by the French Constitution: it is that we return to the ballot boxes," Le Pen told the BFMTV broadcaster.
Earlier in the day, the Elysee Palace said that Lecornu submitted his resignation to Macron, who accepted it.
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Sébastien Lecornu a présenté sa démission à Emmanuel Macron, faisant de lui le premier ministre le plus éphémère de la cinquième république française avec 27 jours en poste.
ReplyDeleteOn Sunday, Lecornu outlined his new cabinet which was nearly complete, almost a month after his appointment in September. However, the new government faced criticism from major opposition parties.
ReplyDeleteLecornu’s resignation after less than a month in office has made him the shortest-serving French prime minister in more than six decades, triggering an unprecedented political crisis. Since Macron’s 2022 reelection, France has had five prime ministers. Lecornu's predecessor, Francois Bayrou, resigned in early September after losing a confidence vote in parliament over his austerity plan.