Overview

• The Élysée Palace announced the appointment one day after the fall of the centre-right government.
• Lecornu, 39, previously served as defense minister and is described as a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron.
• Macron tasked the new prime minister with consulting parties to build a consensus on the budget.
• Following those consultations, Lecornu is to present a proposed government to the president.
• Opposition figures criticized the move, with Marine Le Pen calling it Macron's "last bullet" and Green leader Marine Tondelier labeling it a "provocation."