Overview

• Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's office directed ministers to conduct handovers soberly without media or guests.
• Outgoing Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau delivered a public goodbye at Place Beauvau, saying he would not "leave like a thief."
• Most ministries kept events private, including a low‑key transfer at Ecological Transition between Agnès Pannier-Runacher and Monique Barbut.
• Retailleau is succeeded by Laurent Nuñez, formerly Paris police chief, whom he publicly welcomed as his replacement.
• Nuñez emailed the Paris police prefecture's roughly 43,000 staff to thank them, while Retailleau's exit follows his misgivings after Bruno Le Maire's move to Defence.