PoliticsFrench PM Lecornu booed by residents during visit to fire-ravaged southwest

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was booed by dozens of residents during a Monday visit to Le Porge in southwestern France, where wildfires have devastated the region. The protest reflected anger over the government’s handling of the country’s worst wildfire crisis in decades.

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