Ad Policy French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and President Emmanuel Macron, stand at attention during an August 17, 2025, ceremony in southeastern France marking the 81st ann

President Emmanuel Macron of France is facing some of the country’s worst political turmoil in decades. A new government has been appointed, but how long it will last is anyone’s guess.

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.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s latest political gamble is bordering on insanity: Trying the same thing but expecting different results. Sebastien Lecornu, the prime minister whose government broke records last week after collapsing within 14 hours,

Hard-left and far-right challenges aim to push President Emmanuel Macron to call snap parliamentary elections.

The immediate reaction to Lecornu’s appointment from the far right and hard left was scathing, suggesting his second stint as prime minister will be no easier than his first.