French PM Edouard Philippe and cabinet resign, government reshuffle ‘in the next hours’
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French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe resigned this Friday, automatically triggering the resignation of the entire cabinet. Philippe will now preside over affairs of state until a new government is nominated. Rumours of his departure had been circulating for weeks and have grown stronger after Philippe won once again a seat as mayor of Le Havre. “French Presidents don’t like to be outshone by their PMs”, FRANCE 24’s International affairs editor Armen Georgian says.