Sebastien Lecornu

(Newser) - France's newly re-appointed prime minister acknowledged Saturday that there weren't "a lot of candidates" for his job—and that he might not last long in the post given the country's deep political divides. Sebastien Lecornu, renamed by President Emmanuel Macron late Friday after a week of...

(Newser) - Days ago after telling France his "mission is over," Sébastien Lecornu is back as prime minister. On Friday, President Emmanuel Macron asked him to return to office and try again to form a government, the BBC reports. Macron made the announcement after meeting with representatives of most...

(Newser) - As they get to know their new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, a loyal ally of President Emmanuel Macron who had been remarkably low-key before taking one of the top jobs in the land, the French are also discovering that he has a somewhat unusual habit: He likes to butt heads....