Overview

• Passation of power with François Bayrou is scheduled for noon in Paris, and Lecornu has already begun consultations, according to an executive adviser.
• With no majority in the Assemblée nationale, the Socialists say they will not join a macronist government, and both RN and LFI threaten censure absent a policy shift.
• The central test is delivering a 2026 budget by mid‑October within constitutional deadlines while securing a non‑censure path through a fragmented chamber.
• Decentralized actions under the ‘Bloquons tout’ banner began this morning and unions plan a national strike on 18 September, with authorities deploying 80,000 police and gendarmes, including 6,000 in Paris, according to the Interior Minister.
• Lecornu becomes the third prime minister since the dissolution and the fifth of Macron’s second term, drawing cautious support for talks from Edouard Philippe and LR’s Bruno Retailleau.