PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is running out of wiggle room. The abrupt resignation of his prime minister on Monday — Macron's fourth in more than a year of almost ceaseless political upheaval — puts the French leader in a bind.

None of the options now for Macron, from his perspective at least, look appetizing. And for France, the road ahead promises more of the political uncertainty that is eroding investor confidence in the European Union's second-largest economy and is frustrating efforts to rein in France's damaging state deficit and debts .

Domestic turmoil also risks diverting Macron's focus from pressing international issues — wars in Gaza and Ukraine , security threats from Russia, and the muscular use of American power by U.S. President Donald Trum

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