France’s Leadership Vacuum Grows as Third PM Is Ousted

France’s leadership vacuum has grown alarmingly wider with the ousting of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, the third head of government to fall in the ongoing standoff between the President and the legislature. His swift departure highlights a dangerous inability to fill the nation’s most critical political roles with stable, effective leaders.
The core of the problem is a deep and unresolved conflict over the country’s direction, particularly its economic policy. With public debt at a record high, the President and the parliament are locked in a struggle over spending. This has made the Prime Minister’s office, which is meant to bridge this gap, an ejector seat.
Lecornu’s experience shows just how powerful this ejector mechanism has become. Appointed last month, he was thrown out of the cockpit before he could even start the engines. His cabinet announcement was the trigger that launched him, as the opposition used it to reject his authority entirely.
This cycle of appointments and ousters is creating a dangerous vacuum at the top of the French state. Key policy decisions are being delayed, and the country’s economic problems are worsening due to the lack of a government with the power to act. The constant political turnover erodes public trust and international confidence.
President Emmanuel Macron is now faced with the daunting task of trying to fill this vacuum once again. But who would want a job with such a high chance of failure? Lecornu’s fate serves as a warning, and it will be harder than ever for Macron to find a credible candidate willing to lead a country that seems increasingly ungovernable.