The sudden resignation of France's prime minister — the country's fifth in two years — has put President Emmanuel Macron in a bind.

Sébastien Lecornu resigned on Monday , just 14 hours after unveiling his new cabinet and less than a month after he was appointed PM.

It's become the latest saga in a period of almost ceaseless political uncertainty since Mr Macron dissolved the National Assembly in June 2024, triggering legislative elections that stacked the parliament's lower house with his opponents.

Here's a closer look at the unprecedented political drama that's been roiling France since then.

A 14-hour government collapses

When Mr Lecornu tendered his resignation on Monday morning, he pulled the rug from under the new cabinet that he'd named less than 14 hours earlier.

Agnès Panni

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