French PM Lecornu resigns, Marine Le Pen calls for snap elections

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France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government resigned on Monday, hours after Lecornu announced his cabinet line-up, making it the shortest-lived in modern French history, driving stocks and the euro sharply lower. The swift resignation was unexpected and marked another major deepening of France's political crisis. From now on, will Emmanuel Macron call for a snap election or even resign? Answer and analysis by FRANCE 24 French Politics Editor, Marc Perelman.