Overview

• Parliament is expected to vote as early as Wednesday on motions lodged by La France Insoumise and the Rassemblement National against the newly constituted government.
• The 2026 budget draft must be filed by Wednesday to meet constitutional timing, with the first cabinet meeting slated for Tuesday after President Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Egypt.
• Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure signaled he could withhold support for the motions if the government agrees to suspend parts of the 2023 pension reform.
• Key posts stayed with incumbents—Roland Lescure at finance, Jean-Noël Barrot at foreign affairs, Gérald Darmanin at justice—while Laurent Nuñez became interior minister and Catherine Vautrin moved to defense.
• Les Républicains said it will expel six members who accepted ministerial posts, and Lecornu was due Tuesday to present the budget plan and his government declaration ahead of possible confidence votes.