Re-appointed French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu names new cabinet after meeting with Macron

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Re-appointed French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu names new cabinet after meeting with Macron  Lecornu, France's fourth prime minister in a year, formed his first government last week before resigning just hours later. He was re-appointed on Friday night.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/12/reappointed-french-prime-minister-sebastien-lecornu-names-new-cabinet-after-meeting-with-m  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00France's newly re-appointed Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, formed his second government

00:07in a week on Sunday night. Lecornu is France's fourth Prime Minister in a year and appointed

00:13his first government last Sunday, resigning hours later amid protests by a key Conservative

00:18coalition member. He was then re-appointed Prime Minister on Friday.

00:24Among the new appointments is former Labour Minister Catherine Vautrin, now serving as

00:28Defence Minister, and Paris Police Chief Laurent Nunez, who managed security during the 2024

00:34Olympics as Interior Minister. Roland Lescure takes over as Finance Minister, a key role as France

00:41seeks to draft a budget addressing rising debt and poverty. Those retaining their positions include

00:48Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barraud. But right after the President's office unveiled the new Cabinet,

00:54the Conservative Republicans' party said it would expel the six members who had agreed

00:58to join the government. It is unclear how long the new Cabinet will last. Lecornu continues to face

01:05pressure to urgently produce a budget and end the prolonged political crisis that has engulfed the country.

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