Emmanuel Macron’s reappointment of Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister has been described as a slap in the face for the French public.

Making matters all the more complicated was the start of their love story, which began when Macron was a teen and a student at a private school in Amiens, his hometown. There he met Brigitte, his literature teacher, who was at the time married, sharing three kids with her then-husband.

The French presidency did not say whether Macron would be meeting with US President Donald Trump, who may also go to Egypt and who brokered the deal agreed by Israel and Hamas.

The resignation of prime minister Sebastien Lecornu , and his subsequent reappointment, is the latest chapter in France’s ongoing political turmoil. Analysts tell James C. Reynolds that the rot may be

Emmanuel Macron does not plan to name a prime minister from the left later on Friday, disappointed leftist party chiefs said after crunch talks with the French president, suggesting his future government will be as fragile as those that preceded it.