France may have to leave the euro to gain some economic flexibility.
From Reuters via MSN, October 7:
Outgoing French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu is starting two days of last-ditch talks on Tuesday with members of various parties, a day after his shock resignation, in an effort to find a way out of the country's political crisis.....MUCH MORE
Lecornu tendered his and his government's resignation on Monday morning, after his government, announced on Sunday evening, was rejected by both allies and opponents. His government was the shortest-lived administration in modern French history.
Macron tasked Lecornu on Monday with holding the talks, setting a deadline for Wednesday evening.
Politicians of various stripes expressed confusion about the president's moves, with some arguing that Lecornu's new task was merely an effort to buy more time nearly a month after the outgoing prime minister's nomination.
It was not immediately clear what the scope of Lecornu's responsibilities would be during these discussions.
"Like many French people, I do not understand the president's decisions anymore," said Gabriel Attal, a centrist lawmaker and former prime minister under Macron.
Lecornu was slated to meet early on Tuesday with several members of the conservative Les Republicains (LR) and center-right Renaissance parties, including Senate head Gerard Larcher and National Assembly head Yael Braun-Pivet.
France's current political crisis, its deepest since the creation in 1958 of the Fifth Republic, its modern system of government, dates to June of last year....
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