Overview
- After a day of consultations that excluded the far right and the hard left, Macron reinstated Sébastien Lecornu and tasked him with forming a cabinet.
- Lecornu said he accepted the post "by duty" and must assemble a team in time for a first cabinet meeting on Monday, October 13, to keep the 2026 budget on schedule.
- Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National and Jean‑Luc Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise signaled imminent censure motions targeting the new government.
- The Socialist Party warned it would only refrain from backing censure if the 2023 pension reform is suspended immediately and in full, as other left parties vowed to try to topple the cabinet.
- Les Républicains met to set their stance, with deputies leaning toward conditional support according to BFMTV, while roles in the government and specific concessions remain unclear.