French PM Lecornu resigns hours after forming cabinet

by rossant on 10/6/2025, 12:06:33 PM with 21 comments

  • by xrd on 10/6/2025, 12:35:15 PM

    France in chaos. Argentina in chaos, but $20B (and American soybean farmers in chaos). Japan in chaos. Danish people are loading up on emergency supplies because of drone invasions.

    I'm jamming to "(Falling Like) Dominoes" by Donald Byrd.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voIprW-gxXk&list=RDvoIprW-gx...

  • by noelwelsh on 10/6/2025, 12:30:53 PM

    Everything the UK does, France has to top.

  • by Molitor5901 on 10/6/2025, 12:31:49 PM

    What are thoughts about broader issues of a fixed-term legislature, versus one that requires the confidence of the legislature and could be created.. and collapsed very quickly? The constant teetering on the edge of deadlock and collapse seems to create a lot of instability.

    A more specific question: Is the design of the French legislative system to blame for this?

  • by IAmBroom on 10/6/2025, 12:34:40 PM

    Never thought I'd see the milli-Mooch used in practice.

    https://theweek.com/speedreads/861881/anthony-scaramucci-mea...

  • by black_puppydog on 10/6/2025, 12:26:36 PM

    Worth noting that president Macron's refusal to have the left (Tue NFP, strongest list in the last elections) form a government was to prevent political chaos. Rofl...