Overview

• After Lecornu’s France 2 interview, the Élysée confirmed a 48‑hour window to name a new prime minister, with some sources suggesting the government lineup could also be unveiled Friday.
• Sébastien Lecornu said a new 2026 budget text would be lodged Monday, cautioning it was drafted in three weeks and will require substantial debate.
• Lecornu called the 2023 pension law the central blocker and said a debate path is needed, estimating that suspending it would cost at least €3 billion in 2027.
• Positions hardened across parties, with the PS and Ecologists pressing for a left-led Matignon, Horizons and the right rejecting any rollback on pensions, and Medef expressing strong reluctance to a suspension.
• La France insoumise vowed to censure any grand‑coalition cabinet and the Rassemblement national pledged to censure all governments until a dissolution, raising the risk to any incoming team.