More trouble for Emmanuel Macron as another French PM resigns

The president's unpopularity means those who associate themselves with him risk a beating at France's 2027 election, writes the BBC's Hugh Schofield.

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When Sébastien Lecornu was appointed France's prime minister three and a half weeks ago, the spin was that this was President Macron's last card.

A last card, we were told, but a good one.

The 39-year-old was a presidential protégé - loyal, modest, undemonstrative. It was thought he had what it took to fix a discreet deal between the parties and save French politics from implosion.

But as it turns out, that wasn't the case.