The French presidency announced the second government led by the French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornuwho includes personalities with a technical profilebut also to ministers and members of Lecornu’s own cabinet presented a week ago and which lasted just 14 hours due to internal dissension.
Among the main portfolios, the Paris Police Prefect stands out, Laurent Núñezappointed Minister of the Interior; and as head of Defense, Catherine Vautrin (until now Minister of Labor); while they repeat the macronist Roland Lescurein Economy and with the arduous task of working on the 2026 Budget, and the centrist Jean-Noel Barrotin Outdoors.
“This is a mission government so that France has a budget before the end of the year. I thank the women and men who commit to this government in complete freedom and without personal or partisan interests,” Lecornu said in X, after meeting almost three hours with the French president, Emmanuel Macronin charge of validating the proposals of his prime minister.
In a statement, the Elysée announced a government of 34 ministers and secretaries of states -two members less than the administration of François Bayrou (December 2024-September 2025)- with several names little known to the general public, but with solid professional careers.
An example of this is the Labor portfolio, headed by the until now president of the state railway group SNCF. Jean-Pierre Farandouwho will have to deal with a possible suspension of the 2023 pension reform, as the socialists request in exchange for not overthrowing the government in a motion in the National Assembly.
In Education, the ministry with the largest budget allocation falls to the senior official Dedouard fly and the Ecological Transition in Monique Barbut, former president of the NGO WWF-France.
Heavyweights of Macronism remain, such as the Minister of Justice, Gerald Darmaninand other familiar faces like Rachida data (Culture).
However, the former socialist prime minister Manuel Valls, who had served as overseas minister in the last year, falls from the list and is replaced by the centrist Naïma Mouchouin charge of consolidating the historic peace process initiated by Valls in New Caledonia.