Macron Appoints Another Loyalist as Prime Minister After String of Failed Governments
Armed Services Minister Sébastien Lecornu has been appointed as the next prime minister of France, the third such appointment by President Macron over the past year.
Armed Services Minister Sébastien Lecornu has been appointed as the next prime minister of France, the third such appointment by President Macron over the past year, Le Figaro reports.
Previously a member of the centre-right Les Républicains, the neo-liberal Lecornu joined Macron’s Renaissance faction in 2017 and has served in the cabinet of multiple prime ministers. He will become the fifth prime minister since President Macron was reelected for a second five-year term in 2022.
Commenting on his elevation, Lecornu said: “The President of the Republic has entrusted me with the task of building a Government with a clear direction: the defense of our independence and our power, the service of the French people, and political and institutional stability for the unity of the country.
“I wish to thank him for the confidence he has shown me by appointing me Prime Minister. I salute François Bayrou for the courage he demonstrated in defending his convictions to the very end.”
The prompt appointment of Lecornu, less than 24 hours after the National Assembly voted to oust fellow Macron loyalist Bayrou from power, comes despite Renaissance parliamentary leader and former PM Gabriel Attal advocating for the president to appoint a mediator to negotiate between the deeply divided parties in the French parliament to find a consensus candidate to implement an agreed-upon budget.
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