Overview

• Rist, a Renaissance MP and practicing rheumatologist from Orléans, was appointed to lead Health, Families, Autonomy and People with Disabilities after Yannick Neuder declined to join the Lecornu II government and Catherine Vautrin changed ministries.
• Securing passage of the 2026 Social Security financing bill is her immediate priority, a year after use of article 49.3 on a similar text led to a censure that ensnared Michel Barnier.
• She is charged with advancing measures flagged by Sébastien Lecornu, including improvements to women's pensions and an autumn bill to fight social and fiscal fraud.
• Her portfolio includes tackling medical deserts, with elements already embedded in a territorial access-to-care bill that has cleared the Senate and now awaits National Assembly scrutiny.
• Two end-of-life proposals on palliative care and establishing assisted dying are slated to reach the Senate this autumn before final parliamentary consideration.