#french-politics

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The Louvre in Paris reopened on Wednesday, three days after thieves made off with historic jewellery worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102 million) in a spectacular heist that has raised urgent questions over security lapses at the museum. Visitors queued to enter through the Louvre's glass pyramid for the first time since Sunday's brazen robbery, in which hooded assailants broke through a second-floor window using a stolen movers' lift before making off with jewels from the royal collection.

The Paris-born Minc was once Emmanel Macron's advisor and fixer. But today, he loathes the head of state and what he represents for France. He no longer responds to his messages and considers him to be the worst president in the history of the Fifth Republic. He delivered his thoughts on the current situation to EL PAIS on Monday, October 13. He did so at noon, in his imposing office near the Champs-Elysees, which is dominated by a black-and-white photo of playwright Samuel Beckett.

The political drama continues unabated with a new prime minister (sort of), a new government which may or may not survive the week and a big climb-down from Emmanuel Macron. The Talking France podcast is available on Spotify or Apple. You can download it here or listen on the link below But the constant rollercoaster that makes up French politics at the moment is leading an increasing number of people to ask whether France's political system is fit for purpose.

Many of those who have fuelled division and speculation have not risen to the moment, Macron said of French opposition parties, as he arrived in Egypt on Monday to attend a summit on Gaza. He said rival political forces were solely responsible for this chaos after they instigated the destabilisation of the prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu. Lecornu, a Macron ally, held his first meeting with France's new government.

The euro saw mixed performances against other major currencies. The currency could remain exposed to the political developments in France, while firm German wholesale price data provided some support. President Emmanuel Macron reappointed Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister late on Friday after his resignation. However, the move could leave investors cautious. In Germany, wholesale prices rose 1.2% year-on-year in September, accelerating from 0.7% in August and marking the tenth consecutive month of gains.

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After a mean girl spat, in which the leader of the ever-more-trending-hard-right Le Republicans, Retailleau, said he can't be in a government with that bitch Bruno Le Maire, Lecournu gave up on proposing a budget at all. He went for a good four day sulk. By the end of the week, he was summoned to an audience with Macron to work it out.

In a move that drew sharp criticism, President Emmanuel Macron reinstated Lecornu late Friday evening, just four days after his resignation and the collapse of a government that survived only 14 hours. Lecornu, 39, now faces the task of forming a cabinet to present a 2026 draft budget on Monday, in a bid to end months of political paralysis and rein in France's sprawling debt.

The new cabinet was unveiled nearly a month after the appointment of prime minister Sebastien Lecornu, who sought to obtain cross-party support in a deeply divided parliament. Lecornu Macron's seventh prime minister named Roland Lescure, a close ally of the president, as finance minister. Lescure briefly spent time in the Socialist party early in his career.

Lecornu, 39, who said humility was the key approach, now faces the difficult task of gaining enough support from France's divided parliament to pass a budget if he is to avoid being swiftly ousted in the same way as Bayrou, and before him, the rightwing Michel Barnier, who only lasted three months. We will get there no path is impossible, Lecornu said.

The National Assembly, where the French prime minister, Francois Bayrou, and his government is expected to lose a vote of confidence on Monday after activating article 49.1 of the country's constitution Photograph: Christophe Petit-Tesson/EPA A circus group performs during the second Africa climate summit, which is being hosted by Ethiopia Photograph: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters Residents including children sit in a rescue boat as they are evacuated during flooding caused by monsoon rains and rising water levels along the Chenab River Photograph: Quratulain Asim/Reuters