{"id":1438,"date":"2025-10-08T21:47:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2025-10-08T21:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:47:38","slug":"french-pms-cabinet-plan-collapses-gridlock-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1438","title":{"rendered":"French PM\u2019s cabinet plan collapses, gridlock deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>France\u2019s outgoing Prime Minister, S\u00e9bastien Lecornu, was due to start a last-ditch effort on Tuesday to rally cross-party support for a cabinet lineup that would pull his country out of a political deadlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Emmanuel Macron tasked Lecornu, 39, with forming a government in early September after parliament toppled his predecessor over an unpopular austerity budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Burna Boy - Higher [Official Music Video]\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eKzmRnetw-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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