Overview

• Sébastien Lecornu’s cabinet resigned roughly 14 hours after being named on October 5, never holding a single council of ministers.
• France remains stuck in caretaker mode, with concern growing that constitutional deadlines for passing the budget could be missed.
• A La Croix editorial argues the current constitutional setup was built to impose rather than to reconcile, which hampers governance in a fragmented parliament.
• Historian Arnaud Teyssier frames the impasse as primarily political and faults Emmanuel Macron’s stewardship, calling a fresh dissolution the most logical short-term remedy.
• Proposals for a longer-term reset include a participatory constituent process, expanded proportional representation, and citizen assemblies feeding into lawmaking.