Overview

• Larrivé submitted his resignation in a letter to President Emmanuel Macron on October 16, one month after his September 5 appointment.
• He wrote that the government has abandoned any ambition to reduce immigration and that no break with legal and diplomatic constraints will be made.
• The resignation came the day after Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's general policy address, which Larrivé referenced alongside the draft finance bill.
• The OFII oversees reception of asylum seekers, integration of foreign nationals, and management of returns, making the leadership post politically sensitive.
• Larrivé, a former Les Républicains deputy from Yonne who succeeded Rémy Schwartz, leaves without a named successor; one outlet reports his appointment was proposed by Bruno Retailleau.