The French presidency announced Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's new cabinet line-up on Sunday, reappointing Roland Lescure, a close ally of Emmanuel Macron, as finance minister, APA reports citing Reuters.
Lecornu's last government lasted just 14 hours. Lescure takes over Bercy at a time the government is under intense pressure to steer a budget for 2026 through a deeply divided parliament.
Lecornu had pledged to deliver a cabinet of "renewal and diversity," but stuck with his previous picks for the three top posts including Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin.
The most notable change to the ministerial picks was incoming Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, head of the Paris police, who replaces Bruno Retailleau, leader of the conservative Republicans party and who harbours his own presidential ambitions
Lecornu met with President Emmanuel Macron to hash out the list on Sunday evening, two days after his reappointment as prime minister and in the midst of France's worst political crisis in decades.
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