The immediate reaction to Lecornu’s appointment from the far right and hard left was scathing, suggesting his second stint as prime minister will be no easier than his first.

After accepting Lecornu’s resignation, President Emmanuel Macron gave him 48 hours to hold further talks with political parties, citing the need to preserve national stability. The tight time frame for Lecornu bought Macron some time to consider his options.

Emmanuel Macron does not plan to name a prime minister from the left later on Friday, disappointed leftist party chiefs said after crunch talks with the French president, suggesting his future government will be as fragile as those that preceded it.

France’s biggest construction companies are shrugging off the political turmoil in the country as they move further away from a domestic market facing slower investment and the threat of higher taxes.

Pierre Lescure, the former president of the Cannes Film Festival, is venturing into a new career chapter as head of the Studios de Paris.

A French appeals court has increased the sentence to 10 years for a man who raped Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged and unconscious.

PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned on Monday, just hours after appointing his new cabinet, plunging France straight back into a political crisis it has been stuck in since 2022.

With French exhibitors struggling with declining theatrical attendance, the National Film Board has stepped in with a rescue plan.