A longtime loyalist, Lecornu previously served as France’s Armed Forces Minister, where he managed the country’s response to the war in Ukraine and advocated for a historic €413 billion defense budget.

Lecornu is the fifth Prime Minister in two years under Macron, whose second term in office has been shadowed by political instability. His appointment comes a day after François Bayrou was removed in

Following the appointment of François Bayrou's successor as prime minister on Tuesday, the Socialists made it clear that it would not join the next government, arguing that the president has 'persisted' down a path that has led to 'disorder,

Sebastien Lecornu took over as France’s prime minister pledging big changes as he tries to engage opposition parties in the herculean task of reining in the country’s debt amid intense opposition to budget cuts.