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The French government instability has worsened after the new prime minister dramatically resigned within moments of announcing a government.

Rapid Resignation Amid Government Instability

The prime minister was the third PM in a single year, as the country continued to stumble from one parliamentary instability to another. He stepped down moments before his first cabinet meeting on the start of the week. France's leader received his resignation on the start of the day.

Intense Opposition Over Fresh Government

Lecornu had faced strong opposition from opposition politicians when he revealed a new government that was largely similar since last month's removal of his preceding leader, the previous prime minister.

The presented administration was dominated by President Emmanuel Macron's political partners, leaving the cabinet almost unchanged.

Rival Criticism

Opposition parties said Lecornu had stepped back on the "major shift" with previous policies that he had pledged when he took over from the unfavored previous leader, who was ousted on the ninth of September over a suggested financial restrictions.

Future Political Course

The uncertainty now is whether the president will decide to terminate the legislature and call another sudden poll.

Marine Le Pen's political ally, the leader of Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party, said: "We cannot achieve a reestablishment of order without a new election and the legislature's dismissal."

He added, "Obviously the president who chose this government himself. He has understood nothing of the current circumstances we are in."

Vote Demands

The National Rally has advocated for another election, confident they can expand their representation and role in the legislature.

The nation has gone through a period of turmoil and political crisis since the president called an indecisive sudden poll last year. The legislature remains split between the main groups: the liberal wing, the conservative wing and the moderate faction, with no absolute dominance.

Financial Pressure

A budget for next year must be approved within weeks, even though parliamentary groups are at loggerheads and the prime minister's term ended in barely three weeks.

Opposition Vote

Political groups from the left to conservative wing were to hold gatherings on the start of the week to decide whether or not to approve to oust the prime minister in a parliamentary motion, and it appeared that the cabinet would collapse before it had even commenced functioning. The prime minister apparently decided to leave before he could be removed.

Cabinet Positions

Nearly all of the key cabinet roles declared on the night before remained the identical, including the justice minister as legal affairs leader and arts and heritage leader as arts department head.

The position of economy minister, which is essential as a fragmented legislature struggles to agree on a financial plan, went to a Macron ally, a government partner who had previously served as economic sector leader at the beginning of the president's latest mandate.

Surprise Appointment

In a unexpected decision, a longtime Macron ally, a government partner who had acted as economy minister for an extended period of his leadership, returned to government as defence minister. This enraged officials across the various parties, who viewed it as a signal that there would be no doubt or modification of Macron's pro-business stance.