France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou leaves the National Assembly after the result of a confidence vote over the government's austerity budget, in Paris on Monday. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP The ...

PARIS – France has broken an all-time record. Its prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, resigned less than 24 hours after forming his government. In a country where the 1958 constitution underwrote ...