French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has resigned within 24 hours of announcing his new cabinet.
"The conditions were not fulfilled for me to carry on as prime minister," Lecornu said after meeting President Emmanuel Macron to present his government's resignation Monday.
The Cabinet, which came into office Sunday, will continue as caretaker government.
The surprise decision comes less than a month after Lecornu replaced François Bayrou as prime minister following the collapse of the previous government, deepening a political crisis in the country.
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