French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday appointed Sebastian Lecornu as the new Prime Minister of the country. Lecornu was once associated with right -wing politics, but he supported Macron in the 2017 presidential election. It was believed that Macron would turn to the Left, but with this decision he has made it clear that this will not happen.
The appointment of 39-year-old Lecornu shows that Macron will continue to carry forward its pro-business improvement agenda despite a minority government. This agenda includes decisions such as tax cuts on traders and rich and increasing retirement age.
François will replace Bayaru Lacornu
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Emmanuel Macron has appointed the current Defense Minister and his long -time associate Sebastian Lecornu as the new PM of the country. 39 -year -old Lecornu was once the emerging face of right -wing politics. He supported Macron in the 2017 presidential election. He will replace François Bayaru, who had to withdraw from the post after losing the trust vote on the 2026 budget proposal in Parliament.
Bayaru’s tenure lasted less than a year
Bayaru’s term lasted less than a year. Earlier, Mitchell Barnier was removed. His unsuccessful bets expose the delicate financial situation in France, where the deficit last year was 5.8 percent of GDP, which is almost double the 3 percent limit of the European Union. At the same time, the national debt reached above 3.3 trillion euros, which is about 114 percent of GDP.
Know Sebastian Lecornu
Lecornu has been the youngest France’s youngest Defense Minister and put forward the major military expansion plan by 2030 after the Russia-Ukraine War. Lacornu, a close associate of Macron, joined the President’s middle political stream in 2017.
He has played responsibilities in local administration, overseas territories and played an important role in the ‘Great Debate’ initiative of Macron during the ‘Yellow West’ movement, which helped the public’s anger towards dialogue. In 2021, he also interacted on autonomy amid unrest in Guadeloop.
His becoming Prime Minister shows that Macron prefers loyal colleagues and now he wants to move towards stability after the instincts made due to continuous changing the Prime Minister due to recent budget disputes.
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