French new prime minister quits just hours after being appointed


French outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, who presented his government's resignation to the French president this morning, delivers a statement at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France, PHOTO/REUTERS

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What you need to know:

  • Lecornu, who was Macron's fifth prime minister in two years, stayed in the job for only 27 days. His government lasted 14 hours, making it the shortest-lived in modern French history at a time when parliament is deeply divided and the euro zone's second-largest economy is struggling to put its finances in order

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