Making matters all the more complicated was the start of their love story, which began when Macron was a teen and a student at a private school in Amiens, his hometown. There he met Brigitte, his literature teacher, who was at the time married, sharing three kids with her then-husband.

Sébastien Lecornu didn’t say who his replacement could be. But appeared to rule himself out of coming back to the job. He said Wednesday that “my mission is finished.”

French President Emmanuel Macron will name a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, the Elysee palace said in a statement on Wednesday. Macron thanked outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu for his work over the past 48 hours and acknowledged his conclusions that a majority of lawmakers oppose dissolving parliament,

The historian analyzes the current crisis in French politics through the lens of an oxymoron he coined: the 'extreme center,' where moderation leads to chaos.

Emmanuel Macron is facing down a two-day race to try and save his job after the resignation of his Prime Minister on Monday. The French President is hunting for a replacement for Sebastien Lecornu - his seventh PM since 2017.

After eight years in office, Emmanuel Macron's position as president is coming under increasing pressure as France's political crisis escalates.

President Emmanuel Macron is weighing a limited selection of undesirable options. One includes, potentially, his own resignation.