COLUMN. The Socialists have the fate of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu in their hands. But they are torn between the will to appear responsible and the need to preserve their recently regained political capital, analyzes Le Monde's Sandrine Cassini in her column.

L’HAY-LES-ROSES, France: France’s newly re-appointed prime minister acknowledged Saturday that there weren’t "a lot of candidates" for his job — and that he might not last long in…

The government of Sébastien Lecornu includes several members who served in previous governments. Among new appointments is former labor minister Catherine Vautrin, now defense…