France faced with further political chaos after the country’s latest prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, resigned after just 26 days in office.

Lecornu, a former armed forces minister, was France’s fifth prime minister in less than two years.

He was appointed after François Bayrou’s government collapsed when MPs refused to back his budget. Bayrou was himself installed after Michel Barnier was ousted last December.

French media said that the French President Emmanuel Macron was not expected to make a statement on Monday, leaving issues unresolved over his next move .

The nation’s politics has been highly unstable since July 2024, when Macron called for snap parliamentary elections in a bid to achieve a clear majority following a bruising loss for his party in the European Parliament vote.

Several parties are now screaming for early elections and some are calling for Macron to go – although he has always said he will not step down before his term ends in 2027.

A  hard-right National Rally (RN) party member, Marine Le Pen said that the only wise thing to do now is to hold elections, that the French people are fed up.

He has being given three options. He can appoint another prime minister. He can once again dissolve the National Assembly. Or he can resign himself.The last is the least likely, while the first would be his natural choice.