French government quits just hours after being appointed, deepening political crisis

PARIS (Reuters) -France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government resigned on Monday, hours after Lecornu announced his cabinet line-up, in a major deepening of France's political crisis that drove stocks and the euro sharply lower. The swift, unexpected resignation came after allies and foes alike threatened to topple the new government. The far-right National Rally immediately urged President Emmanuel Macron to call a snap parliamentary election.