This photograph shows a television screen displaying French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu (R), with an image of French President Emmanuel Macron in the background, during a live broadcast interview on a set of French TV France 2 in Paris on October 8, 2025. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP
France's newly re-appointed Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu named a new government on Sunday, October 12, as he faces pressure to urgently produce a budget and quell political turmoil that is scaring businesses and investors and staining the country's image.
The cabinet includes several members who served in previous governments, from French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist camp and allied conservatives, as well as some people from outside the political sphere.
It is unclear how long this new team will last. Macron, whose term ends in 2027, lacks a majority in the deeply fractured Parliament. Opposition legislators have called for new elections or his resignation. Lecornu, a 39-year-old centrist and close ally of Macron, and his government will now have to seek compromises to avoid an immediate vote of no confidence in the Assemblée Nationale, deeply fractured among far-right, centrist and left-wing camps.
