France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned after less than a month in office, plunging the nation into a political crisis. His resignation followed a key coalition ally withdrawing support over his new government's composition. Lecornu's departure, just hours after forming his cabinet, makes him the shortest-serving prime minister in the Fifth Republic's history. President Macron now faces options of naming a new PM or calling snap legislative elections, amid ongoing political instability and a fragmented parliament.

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