Explosions Reported Near French PM’s Office a Day After Resignation | WATCH

Paris: In a shocking incident, explosions were reported in the French capital on Tuesday morning after a van caught fire near the office of outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, just a day after his resignation.

Videos circulating on social media showed dense black smoke rising high above the area. The exact cause of the explosions remains unclear, though initial reports suggest the van belonged to a public lighting company. 

A firefighter later informed reporters that the blaze likely resulted from a mechanical fault in the company’s equipment. The incident occurred amid growing public discontent over what protesters have described as France’s “dysfunctional” politics.

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The country has witnessed increasing demonstrations in recent weeks, fuelled by frustration over political instability, with four prime ministers appointed within the span of a single year.

France PM Sebastien Lecornu Resigns Weeks After Appointment

France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu stepped down on Monday, just hours after presenting his new cabinet, plunging the country deeper into political turmoil.

Lecornu, who was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron last month and had earlier served as defence minister, unveiled his cabinet late on Sunday. 

But the line-up, which included only a few changes from previous governments, drew sharp criticism from both the opposition and within parliament.

The collapse of the blink-and-you-missed-it government, with ministers out of a job before they’d even had a chance to settle in, was a bad look for Macron, bordering on farcical for his critics.

It reinforced the impression that Macron, who in 2017 famously described himself as “the master of the clocks”, firmly in control, on his way to winning the French presidency for the first time, is no longer in full command of France’s political agenda and that his authority is ebbing away.