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Lecornu Installs 34-Minister Cabinet as No-Confidence Threats and Budget Deadline Converge

Lacking a majority, the new team depends on Socialist restraint to survive early censure attempts.

Sébastien Lecornu a prévu de réunir les ministres de son nouveau gouvernement dans la journée de ce lundi 13 octobre, avant un premier conseil des ministres prévu mardi.
Laurent Nunez, Rachida Dati, Gérald Darmanin
Vincent Jeanbrun à L'Haÿ-les-Roses, dans le Val-de-Marne, le 11 octobre 2025
Le Premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu, le 11 octobre 2025 à L'Haÿ-les-Roses (Val-de-Marne)

Overview

  • The second Lecornu government took office with 34 ministers drawn from politics and civil society, including Laurent Nuñez at interior, Catherine Vautrin at defense, Roland Lescure staying at finance, Jean‑Noël Barrot at foreign affairs, Édouard Geffray at education, and former SNCF chief Jean‑Pierre Farandou at labour.
  • La France insoumise and the National Rally said they will file motions of no confidence on Monday, putting the government's survival to a vote within days.
  • The Socialist Party holds the balance of power and is demanding suspension of the pension reform, a pledge to forgo 49.3, and measures on purchasing power, with a decision expected after the prime minister’s policy statement.
  • Matignon scheduled a ministers’ meeting Monday and a Council of Ministers Tuesday to present and transmit the budget that day, starting parliament’s 70‑day examination window.
  • Les Républicains expelled six members who joined the cabinet, highlighting fractures on the right, while Sébastien Lecornu has said he will resign again if a workable parliamentary path cannot be secured.