India, Oct. 14 -- Last week, Sebastien Lecornu resigned as France's prime minister (PM) a day after announcing his cabinet, earning him the dubious distinction of being the French PM with the shortest period served. The episode underscores France's unprecedented political crisis.

It is worth recalling that President Emmanuel Macron's call last year for snap parliamentary elections was an act of folly that has led to the present situation. Since then, three PMs have come and gone in quick succession. But no one threw in the towel as quickly as Lecornu.

The truth of the matter is that Macron's party simply does not enjoy majority support in the fractured French parliament. More ominously for France, Macron himself seems to enjoy very litt...