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Macron to Name New French Prime Minister by Friday as Dissolution Recedes

The pick must unlock a Monday budget under a parliament split over the 2023 pensions law.

Le premier ministre sortant, Sébastien Lecornu, sur le plateau de la télévision France 2 à Paris, le 8 octobre 2025
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Dans la Constitution, rien ne fixe le délai maximal pour que le président de la République nomme un Premier ministre.
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Overview

  • Resigning premier Sébastien Lecornu said an absolute majority in the National Assembly opposes a new dissolution and declared his 48‑hour consultation mission finished.
  • The Élysée confirmed a decision by Friday following Lecornu’s talks, with Macron expected to move after presiding Thursday’s Panthéon ceremony for Robert Badinter.
  • A replacement 2026 budget is slated for cabinet and parliamentary filing on Monday, which Lecornu cautioned would be an imperfect text prepared at speed.
  • Lecornu urged finding a path for a parliamentary debate on pensions and estimated that suspending the 2023 reform would cost at least €3 billion in 2027.
  • Political positions remain stark: the PS and Ecologists demand a left prime minister, LR and Horizons reject any rollback on pensions, LFI and the RN vow censure of governments they oppose, and business group Medef voiced strong reluctance to any suspension.