Macron appoints defence minister Sebastien Lecornu as France’s latest PM

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>French president Emmanuel Macron has appointed defence minister Sebastien Lecornu as the country’s new prime minister&comma; the fourth in approximately a year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Lecornu&comma; 39&comma; is the youngest defence minister in French history and architect of a major military build-up through to 2030&comma; spurred on by Russia’s war in Ukraine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A former conservative who joined Mr Macron’s centrist movement in 2017&comma; he has held posts in local governments&comma; overseas territories and during the president’s yellow vest &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;great debate”&comma; where he helped manage mass anger with dialogue&period; He also offered talks on autonomy during unrest in Guadeloupe in 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;187015" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-187015" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;IMG&lowbar;9770&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"427" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-187015" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-187015" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Sebastien Lecornu’s rise reflects Mr Macron’s instinct to reward loyalty<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>His rise reflects Mr Macron’s instinct to reward loyalty&comma; but also the need for continuity as repeated budget showdowns have toppled his predecessors and left France in drift&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Politicians toppled Mr Lecornu’s predecessor Francois Bayrou and his government in a confidence vote on Monday&comma; a new crisis for Europe’s second-largest economy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Bayrou gambled that politicians would back his view that France must slash public spending to rein in its huge debts&period; Instead&comma; they seized on the vote to gang up against the 74-year-old centrist who was appointed by Mr Macron last December&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The demise of Mr Bayrou’s short-lived minority government heralds renewed uncertainty and a risk of prolonged legislative deadlock for France as it wrestles with pressing challenges&comma; including budget difficulties and&comma; internationally&comma; wars in Ukraine and Gaza and the shifting priorities of US president Donald Trump&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Drafting a budget will be a top priority for Mr Lecornu&comma; and normally a new prime minister would form a new government before negotiating the national spending in parliament&period; But Mr Macron has asked Mr Lecornu to consult with all of the political parties in parliament first to try to agree on a budget before assembling his team&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The prime minister’s action will be guided by the defence of our independence and our power&comma; 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