Overview

• Bruno Retailleau staged a public handover at the Interior Ministry to Laurent Nuñez, who was appointed by Sébastien Lecornu.
• Les Républicains now pledge no participation in the Lecornu II government with case‑by‑case support, and the leadership has moved to exclude six members who accepted cabinet posts pending a membership vote.
• Sébastien Lecornu’s policy speech announced a suspension of the 2023 pension reform, drawing sharp criticism from Retailleau as Laurent Wauquiez struck a more cautious tone.
• Éric Ciotti urged Retailleau to meet to lay the groundwork for a right‑wing alliance with the RN, seizing on LR’s internal rift over the government line.
• Algerian outlets TSA and Maghreb Actu welcomed Retailleau’s exit, portraying it as the removal of a key obstacle to a thaw in Franco‑Algerian relations.