Overview

• Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced a time‑limited cabinet tasked with securing passage of the finance bill by year’s end.
• Key posts include Roland Lescure at Economy, Jean‑Noël Barrot at Foreign Affairs, Gérald Darmanin at Justice, Laurent Nuñez at Interior, Jean‑Pierre Farandou at Labour, Catherine Vautrin at Defense, and Rachida Dati at Culture.
• Rassemblement National and La France Insoumise signaled immediate no‑confidence motions against the new government.
• Les Républicains and UDI declined to join, and LR moved to expel six members who accepted ministerial roles.
• The lineup mixes technocrats and civil‑society figures, with Matignon requesting low‑key handovers, as the constitutional budget clock leaves tomorrow as the last day to start the process to meet a December 31 deadline.