"One cannot be prime minister when the conditions are not met," Sebastien Lecornu said. Photo: AP PHOTO

France's new prime minister and his government have resigned hours after Lecornu announced his cabinet line-up, in a major deepening of France's political crisis that drove stocks and the euro sharply lower.

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The swift, unexpected resignation on Monday came after allies and foes alike threatened to topple the new government.

The far-right National Rally immediately urged President Emmanuel Macron to call a snap parliamentary election.

The hard left France Unbowed said Macron hims

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