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Guest Essay

By Cole Stangler

Mr. Stangler is a journalist who writes about French politics and culture. He wrote from Marseille, France.

In France, it has been a frenzied fall.

First, the government was toppled by an irate Parliament. Then, in a panic, President Emmanuel Macron tapped a protégé, Sébastien Lecornu, to be prime minister; he resigned less than a month later. Confusion raged. Today things are a little calmer. Mr. Lecornu, returned to the office he had so hurriedly vacated, has managed to bring some stability by making concessions to rivals. He might even succeed in passing a budget.

But he is not out of the woods yet. Without a clear majority in the National Assembly, the government remains vulnerable to a motion of no confidence. That could force Mr. Macron to name yet........

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