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Crisis-Hit France Gets Another New Government Amid Political Turmoil
Prime Minister Lecornu forms a new cabinet to break parliamentary deadlock and advance a 2026 austerity budget amid opposition from leftist Socialists and right-wing Republicans.
- On October 8, 2025, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu presented a team blending veterans and newcomers in Paris to break deadlock and advance an austerity budget.
- Last year, after Emmanuel Macron, President, called snap polls, France faced a hung parliament and far-right gains, forcing marathon talks to form a new government and avoid deeper crisis.
- Following a one-day resignation, Lecornu presented his first cabinet last Sunday, then Macron reinstated him late Friday amid outrage.
- Facing threats from the left and limited cooperation from the right, Lecornu pledges to work with all mainstream parties while Socialists oppose the 2023 pension reform raising retirement from 62 to 64.
- With a Tuesday budget deadline looming, the new team must present the 2026 draft budget for parliament’s 70-day scrutiny, while survival remains fragile after Lecornu's two predecessors were toppled.
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So France is now getting a Lecornu government. Its goal is minimal: to avoid the immediate crisis through a budget. A way out of the debt crisis is not visible. The only thing that the French still unites is to save their unwillingness.
Two days after the re-election as Prime Minister, Sebastien Lecorne announced the new Government in France, among others, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barro, and the first meeting of the Cabmina, on 14 October.
Sébastien Lecornu unveiled on Sunday, two days after his renewal in Matignon, a government of 34 ministers, more "technical" than political. Note the absence of Laurent Marcangeli, former Minister of the Civil Service. It is unknown, for the time being, who will be responsible for the Corsican file.
The Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who has returned to office, is attached to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin and Minister of Finance Roland Lescure.
France unveils new government amid political crisis
France's President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new government on Sunday after marathon talks to cobble together a cabinet and prevent the country from slipping deeper into political crisis.The lineup, a mix of old and new faces, marks Prime Minister Sebastien
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