France's Macron tasks his outgoing PM with holding last-ditch talks to end crisis


French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu delivers a statement at Hotel Matignon in Paris, on October 3, 2025, before a round of consultations with political parties ahead of the announcement of the new government. Alain Jocard/Pool via REUTERS

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday tasked his outgoing prime minister, who had resigned earlier in the day, to hold last-ditch talks with other political parties to try to chart a path out of the crisis.

Sebastien Lecornu had tendered his government's resignation only hours after announcing his cabinet line-up, making it the shortest-lived administration in modern French history and deepening the country's political crisis.

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