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With Sébastien Lecornu’s Resignation, France Faces Increasing Turmoil

By: Roger Cohen — 7 October 2025 at 04:01

The record-fast collapse of yet another government confronts President Emmanuel Macron and his country with an intensifying crisis.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu of France in Paris on Monday after making the announcement that he had resigned, just a day after naming his government.

A Former French President Gives a Voice to Obstinate Russian Sympathies

By: Roger Cohen — 27 August 2023 at 09:26

Remarks by Nicolas Sarkozy have raised fears that Europe’s pro-Putin chorus may grow louder as Ukraine’s plodding counteroffensive puts pressure on Western resolve.

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France arriving for a meeting on the Russian attack of Ukraine in Paris in February 2022.