On October 6, local time, French Prime Minister Le Corneille filed a resignation to President Macron, and Macron had accepted the resignation, less than a month after Le Corneille was appointed Prime Minister. Le Corneille also became the shortest term of prime minister in modern French history, and once again pushed French politics into a whirlwind of turmoil.

Sebastian Leclerc announces resignation

Earlier, due to controversy and opposition over the draft budget for 2026, then-French Prime Minister Beirut was forced to resign on September 8. On the evening of September 9, French President Emmanuel Macron appointed one of his closest allies, Sebastian Leclerc, to replace Beirut as Prime Minister. On October 5, the new Prime Minister, Emmanuel Macron, formally assembled the cabinet.

The French presidential palace announced the list of the first members of the new government on the evening of 5 local time, according to Le Corney's proposal, Macron appointed 18 members of the government, several of whom remained in key ministerial positions, and changed positions such as defence ministers, economics and finance ministers.

The decision has sparked opposition from some French far-right parties and far-left parties, who have expressed anger over the fact that members of the new government are just a ¡°continuation¡± of the old government and have not made substantial changes.

France's far-right party National Alliance said on social media: "'Macronism' is finished. Macron must now make a choice: dissolve the National Assembly, or resign himself, and act quickly." Less than 12 hours after forming the cabinet, Le Corny announced his resignation as French prime minister, becoming Macron's seventh prime minister to "run away".

If Le Corney continues as prime minister of France, he will also face a tough challenge: passing a draft budget tightening for the fiscal year 2026 in a factionally divided parliament to solve the French debt crisis. Both former prime ministers have previously been removed by the National Assembly for this draft. According to official data released last week, French public debt has climbed to a record high and its debt ratio of GDP ranks third in the EU.

Macron's resignation willly further exacerbate the current political crisis of the French government and may even shake President Macron's political foundations. It is unclear how Macron will deal with this situation. So far, he has always refused to again order early legislative elections and has made it clear that he will not resign before the end of his term in 2027.

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Le Corney listed three reasons for his resignation as French Prime Minister

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Xinhua News Agency, Paris, October 6 (Reporter Qiao Benxiao) After French President Macron approved the resignation of Prime Minister Le Corni on the 6th, Le Corni made a speech, saying that "the conditions for him to perform his functions and powers as Prime Minister are no longer met" and cited three reasons.

Le Corney said he resigned because the government had previously declared to give up the exercise of constitutional powers that could bypass parliamentary voting and pass legislation directly, creating a good environment for political parties to consult, but some political parties have ignored; secondly because some parties have continued to struggle with each other, and thirdly because the new cabinet list has also sparked controversy in the camp of supporting the government.

On the evening of 5th of this month, on the eve of Leicester's resignation, Macron had just appointed the main members of the new cabinet on Leicester's suggestion. The new cabinet was not much different from the previous cabinet, and Macron's campaign's key figure, former economic minister Le Maire, returned to the cabinet as defense minister. Left and far-right opposition parties believe that the new cabinet's composition predicts the continuation of the previous policy.

Macron dissolved the National Assembly in June last year, and the newly elected parliament was left-wing, middle-right, and far-right. In December last year, the first prime minister after Macron dissolved the parliament, Barnier, used a constitutional mechanism to try to bypass the parliament's vote directly through the budget, and was impeached by the left and far-right. Beirut, who succeeded in September this year, sought a vote of confidence in the parliament and was forced to resign.