France's new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has been put in charge of a fragile minority government prone to challenges, demands and upheaval.

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday named defense minister and his close ally Sebastien Lecornu as the new prime minister to resolve a deepening political crisis as…

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday named defense minister and his close ally Sebastien Lecornu as the new prime minister to resolve a deepening political crisis as…

Sebastien Lecornu, 39, is facing an uphill battle over budget as protests loom in the coming days.

France's new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has been put in charge of a fragile minority government prone to challenges, demands and upheaval.

Sebastien Lecornu, France’s fifth prime minister in two years, took office amid protests against politicians and proposed budget cuts.

Lecornu, 39, faces difficult task of gaining enough support from divided parliament to pass a budget

The country’s new prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, is fifth in past two years to grapple with ballooning debt crisis.

EDITORIAL. By invoking the word 'rupture' in his speech on Wednesday, September 10, the new prime minister opened up a slim possibility for reaching a budgetary compromise.

The prime minister has started consultations with political parties and labor unions. While an agreement between the centrist bloc and the right is possible, the Socialists are…