While France has a long history of hefty overspending, economists say political turmoil – which has stalled policymaking – is bringing the country’s debt problem to a head.

President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday inaugurate a cenotaph in memory of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon, a mausoleum in central Paris where some of France's most prominent national heroes are buried.

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

The surprise resignation of Sébastien Lecornu after less than a month in office intensified concerns that France would be unable to tackle its enormous debt pile.

Sebastien Lecornu's remarks came as he was set to wrap up talks with various parties and report back to President Emmanuel Macron on whether he has found a way to end France's worst political crisis in decades.

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France’s new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the country into a deep political crisis and leaving French President Emmanuel Macron with few options.

Husamettin Dogan, a 44-year-old builder born in Turkey, is the only one of the 51 men convicted by a court in Avignon to appeal his sentence. In doing so, he has dragged France back into the nightmare of the Mazan rapes – a case that shocked the nation, scarred a small Provençal town and turned one woman into a feminist icon.