France is farewelling its fifth Prime Minister in under two years as it enters a fresh political crisis. 

The country's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has resigned just hours after appointing his new cabinet. 

His ministerial line-up has been heavily criticised by parties in the National Assembly.   

Newstalk ZB's Paris correspondent Catherine Field told Mike Hosking Lecornu believed negotiations between other parties had stalled. 

She says he believed other parties just wanted to push their own programme on to the government, without making any compromises. 

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