US EditionFrench President Macron Appoints New Government, Led by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu
- On October 6, 2025, Sebastien Lecornu stepped down as Prime Minister of France just hours after assembling his newly formed Cabinet in Paris.
- Lecornu's resignation followed persistent political deadlock stemming from a hung Parliament elected in 2024 and ongoing budget crises since Macron lost his majority in 2022.
- Since 2022, Macron has appointed five different prime ministers, including Lecornu, as political rivals have opposed these appointments and rejected narrowly focused budgets amid sharp ideological divisions among three parliamentary factions.
- Agnès Pannier-Runacher expressed frustration, saying, "Like many of you, I despair of this circus," while Lecornu remarked that serving as prime minister is impossible if the necessary conditions are not in place.
- Macron now faces three options: appoint another prime minister amid instability, dissolve Parliament risking a far-right government, or continue without majority control until his term ends in 2027.
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vosgesmatin.frSebastien Lecornu's government, which no longer had the confidence of the Republicans (LR), held only a few hours. The Prime Minister now resigns is in charge of final negotiations to try to find a solution to this political crisis as major as it has not been.
48 hours of delay for the crisis: President Macron has instructed French Prime Minister Lecornu, who has just resigned, to hold talks again.
The resigned French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is now to continue his search for a compromise. President Emmanuel Macron asked him to "go through last negotiations" by Wednesday evening. This should serve to define "a basis of action and stability for the country." Lecornu announced that he had agreed to the talks. He would tell Macron on Wednesday evening whether it had been possible to find a compromise, "so that he could draw all the ne…
Macron asks PM to find way out of crisis one more time after shock resignation
PARIS — Mere hours after news broke that Emmanuel Macron had accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and his government, the French president wants Lecornu back at work. In what seems to be a last-ditch attempt to stave off the collapse of his centrist liberal camp, Macron’s office said Monday evening that the president had asked Lecornu to continue “final negotiations by Wednesday evening” in order to build a political plat…
Once again without Le Maire: The Prime Minister who resigned in the morning is to seek a way out of the crisis by Wednesday night. A quotation from Macron's environment stirs up uncertainty.
In France, the resigned Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is to try again to form a government. A controversial minister announced his resignation. If the government fails again, President Emmanuel Macron also wants "to assume his responsibility".
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