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France is grappling with further political turmoil after Sébastien Lecornu, the country's latest prime minister, stepped down after less than a month in the post. The move came the day after Lecornu revealed his new cabinet. Some social media users are claiming that the ministers appointed in his short-lived government will receive three months' salary, after being in post for only a matter of hours. But their claims lack nuance, as FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes explains.
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France is grappling with further political turmoil after Sébastien Lecornu, the country's latest prime minister, stepped down after less than a month in the post. The move came the day after Lecornu revealed his new cabinet. Some social media users are claiming that the ministers appointed in his short-lived government will receive three months' salary, after being in post for only a matter of hours. But their claims lack nuance, as FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes explains.

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