New French PM Sébastien Lecornu promises ‘profound break’ with past politics
Lecornu, 39, faces difficult task of gaining enough support from divided parliament to pass a budgetThe new French prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has promised a “profound break” with past politics as he took over from the unpopular centrist François Bayrou, who was ousted this week over a...
<p>Lecornu, 39, faces difficult task of gaining enough support from divided parliament to pass a budget</p><p>The new French prime minister, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/09/francois-bayrou-france-block-everything-protests-macron">Sébastien Lecornu</a>, has promised a “profound break” with past politics as he took over from the unpopular centrist François Bayrou, who was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/08/bayrou-fall-and-divided-parliament-hardly-offer-stability-macron-needs-analysis">ousted this week</a> over a proposed budget squeeze.</p><p>Lecornu, 39, who said “humility” was the key approach, now faces the difficult task of gaining enough support from France’s divided parliament to pass a budget if he is to avoid being swiftly ousted <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/08/francois-bayrou-ousted-as-french-pm-after-losing-confidence-vote">in the same way as Bayrou</a>, and before him, the rightwing <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/05/french-pm-to-resign-after-government-falls-while-macron-seeks-solution-to-crisis">Michel Barnier</a>, who only lasted three months.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/10/new-french-pm-sebastien-lecornu-promises-profound-break-with-past-politics">Continue reading...</a>
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