"As visitors queued to get in to the Louvre, thieves were escaping out of another wing, after a raid on the crown jewels that took just seven minutes. The story could have been lifted straight from a Hollywood movie or an episode of the French mystery thriller series Lupin. Yet, although this outrageous theft has stunned France, it was perhaps a fitting act of larceny for a country that has just been the victim of another incredible heist."
"Sebastien Lecornu, the prime minister, resigned on 6 October, less than a month into his term. Lecornu threw in the towel when it became clear he could not win the support of the national assembly for his budget. His resignation provoked the collapse of the shortest-lived government in the history of the Fifth Republic. Yet, 48 hours after promising that his mission as prime minister was over, Lecornu was reinstated in an audacious move by the president Emmanuel Macron,"
A daylight robbery at the Louvre saw thieves steal crown jewels in seven minutes while visitors queued, an audacious heist compared to cinematic fiction. The theft provided symbolic resonance with a simultaneous political deception: Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned on 6 October after failing to secure assembly support for his budget, collapsing the shortest-lived government of the Fifth Republic. Forty-eight hours later Lecornu was reinstated by President Emmanuel Macron and tasked with the same failed mission. The cycle followed Macron’s risky snap election call that produced a hung parliament, undermining presidential control and leaving the country in political uncertainty and public disillusionment.
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