France's reappointed Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu welcomes the newly appointed members of his cabinet in Paris, Monday, October 13, 2025. ALAIN JOCARD / AP
Embattled French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was preparing to give a high-stakes speech to a divided Parliament on Tuesday, October 14, with several parties already trying to topple his government.
France, the eurozone's second-largest economy, is in a political crisis that has spooked markets and raised concern about its minority government's ability to govern and pass measures to ease the country's debt burden. After a week of drama that saw Lecornu resign only to be re-appointed days later, the 39-year-old prime minister has urged his new cabinet to do everything to help France overcome the deadlock.
All eyes will be on Lecornu on Tuesday afternoon when he gives his policy speech in Parliament, where opponents have threatened to vote his cabinet out. Lecornu was on Tuesday morning meeting Macron, who has returned from a summit in Egypt aiming to find an end to the Gaza war.
The hard-left La France Insoumise party and far-right Rassemblement National (RN) have already filed motions to topple Lecornu's new cabinet. The Socialists have said they will not back the motions, giving them little chance of succeeding, but will file their own motion if Lecornu does not immediately suspend a reform that raised the retirement age from 62 to 64.
