Macron urged by his first PM to resign in escalating French crisis | International

PARIS, Oct 7, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Emmanuel Macron's first prime minister onTuesday urged the cornered French head of state to resign in a shock callthat compounded an escalating political crisis. The intervention by Edouard Philippe, Macron's longest-serving prime ministerfrom 2017 to 2020 and who now heads an allied political party, came asfrustration grew even within the president's own camp over the biggestdomestic political crisis of his eight years in office. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, appointed less than a month ago, steppeddown on Monday morning after failing to rally support across the centre-rightcoalition for his new government, which is also only supported by a minorityin parliament. Macron ordered him to make a last-ditch effort to rally support for acoalition government but...