French PM Lecornu Survives No-Confidence Votes but Faces Political Turmoil Threatening Stability in Europe’s Second-Largest Economy

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has narrowly escaped defeat in two no-confidence votes, but his survival is less a triumph than a grim warning. France’s political landscape remains dangerously fractured, and the stakes extend far beyond Paris: Washington and all freedom-loving nations must watch closely as the EU’s second-largest economy teeters on the edge of chaos. Why Does France's Political Instability Matter to America? The National Assembly’s failure to bring down Lecornu’s government is a temporary reprieve, not a durable victory. The fragile coalition barely cleared the threshold, with opposition forces from hard-left France Unbowed and the far-right National Rally...