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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French President Emmanuel Macron announced today, at the top of the political crisis that is blocking France, that he is ready to '...
France's President Macron is counting on last talks: Prime Minister Lecornu, who has already resigned, is to seek a solution to the political crisis in the country by Wednesday. What happens if he fails? A media report now reports.
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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…
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