Macron Appoints Sébastien Lecornu as New French PM Amidst Budget Crisis and Protests
Macron Appoints Sébastien Lecornu as New French PM Amidst Budget Crisis and Protests French President Emmanuel Macron has today appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as the nation’s new prime minister. The appointment comes in the wake of significant political upheaval, with Lecornu immediately tasked with the critical challenge of securing cross-party agreement on France’s national budget. Lecornu, 39, steps into the role after the recent fall of his predecessor, François Bayrou, whose government was toppled in a confidence vote on…