Ah, France—the land of fine wine, philosophical musings, and apparently, the world’s most unstable game of musical chairs. If you’ve been following the news from Paris, you might think the Fifth Republic has devolved into a bad sitcom: Prime Ministers Who Last Less Time Than a Baguette Stays Fresh. Just yesterday, on October 6, 2025, Sébastien Lecornu, the freshly minted Prime Minister, threw in the towel after a whopping 27 days on the job—making him the shortest-serving PM in modern French history. He didn’t even make it through his first cabinet meeting without the whole thing imploding. [Read more…]