Overview

• President Emmanuel Macron reappointed Sébastien Lecornu and the Élysée released a 34-member cabinet late Sunday.
• Continuity features prominently with Roland Lescure at finance, Jean-Noël Barrot at foreign affairs, and Gérald Darmanin at justice, alongside new chiefs at defence, interior, labour, environment and education.
• Catherine Vautrin moves to defence, Laurent Nuñez takes interior, Jean-Pierre Farandou becomes labour minister, Monique Barbut takes environment, and Édouard Geffray is named education minister.
• Lecornu set year-end passage of the 2026 budget as the first objective and did not rule out resigning if he cannot secure approval in the National Assembly.
• The first cabinet meeting is slated for Tuesday due to Macron’s trip to an Egypt summit, while LFI and RN plan a no-confidence motion and Les Républicains says it will expel six members who accepted posts.