Overview
- Sébastien Lecornu announced a temporary, technocratic-leaning team he described as a government of purpose tasked with delivering the 2026 finance law by year-end.
- Key posts include Roland Lescure staying at Economy and Jean-Noël Barrot at Foreign Affairs, Laurent Nuñez moving to Interior, Jean‑Pierre Farandou taking Labour, Catherine Vautrin shifting to Defence, Gérald Darmanin remaining at Justice, Rachida Dati at Culture, and Monique Barbut at Ecological Transition.
- Rassemblement National and La France Insoumise said they will file immediate no-confidence motions, while Socialists and Ecologists condition any non-censure on concessions such as suspending the pension reform.
- Les Républicains declined to participate formally, and the party moved to expel six of its members who accepted cabinet posts.
- Lecornu’s policy address to Parliament is expected within hours as the budget clock allows roughly 40 days in the National Assembly, 20 in the Senate, further joint steps and an eight-day Constitutional Council review before the December 31 deadline.