FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Sébastien Lecornu as his fifth Prime Minister in the space of two years.
It comes after Francois Bayrou was sensationally ousted in a confidence motion yesterday.
The new Prime Minister will now be tasked with forming a government amid France’s burgeoning debt crisis.
A close ally of President Macron, Lecornu will now face the unenviable task of forming a government amid a deeply divided parliament.
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