India, Oct. 7 -- France's tryst with instability has continued with prime minister Sebastien Lecornu resigning after just 27 days in office. However, President Emmanuel Macron has asked him to "pursue negotiations" with the opposition parties. That Lecornu is the third prime minister to resign in less than a year reveals a lot about the unsettled nature of the French polity. The snap polls last year delivered a fractured verdict with three clear ideological blocs - the Left, the far Right and Macron's own centre-right alliance - emerging with none anywhere close to a clear majority. Attempts to build convenient coalitions of opposing groups have failed to provide stable governments, leading to a political and economic crisis. The markets ...