First Lecornu government | |
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| 47th Government of French Fifth Republic | |
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| Date formed | 9 September 2025 (2025-09-09)[a] |
| Date dissolved | 10 October 2025 (2025-10-10)[b] |
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| President of the Republic | Emmanuel Macron |
| Prime Minister | Sébastien Lecornu |
| Member parties | |
| Status in legislature | Minority (coalition) |
| History | |
| Election | 2024 French legislative election |
| Predecessor | Bayrou government |
| Successor | Second Lecornu government |
Thefirst Lecornu government (French:gouvernement Lecornu I) was the forty-seventh government ofFrance. It was formed in September 2025 after PresidentEmmanuel Macron appointedSébastien Lecornu asPrime Minister on 9 September,[1] replacingFrançois Bayrou, who had been removed from office by a failedmotion of confidence.[2] The list of ministers was announced on 5 October.[3][4]
Lecornu resigned less than 14 hours after presenting hiscabinet on 6 October, 27 days after his appointment.[5] His government became the shortest-lived one in French history. On 10 October, Lecornu was re-appointed as Prime Minister.[6]
After 26 days, the composition of the government was announced, with most of the ministers retaining their portfolios from theBayrou government. As well as the continuing ministers, some other deputies from President Macron'sEnsemble coalition were added, with former ministersEric Woerth andBruno Le Maire receiving portfolios again.
Out of 18 nominations, 4 are members ofThe Republicans, and 8 of them are former ministers from the more right-leaning factions of the Ensemble coalition. Despite this,Bruno Retailleau retaining theMinistry of the Interior, declared the same evening that the composition of the government "doesn't reflect the break" desired by The Republicans, who demanded a third of the ministries.[7][8]
Shortly after the nomination, the various leaders of the left-wing parties making up theNew Popular Front expressed their outrage against the new cabinet:Fabien Roussel (French Communist Party) called it a "middle finger to the French" whilstJean-Luc Mélenchon described it as a "parade of LR and former LR revenants"; Marine Tondelier (Les Écologistes) described the nominations as a "bonus for incompetence" and a "contempt for democracy", andOlivier Faure (Socialist Party) speaks of it as a complete "Panini album of theSarkozy/Fillon government".[9][10][11]
For thefar-right,Jordan Bardella (National Rally) also criticised the composition of the government, whilstÉric Ciotti (Union of the Right for the Republic) also invoked the image of a "middle finger".[10]
On 6 October 2025, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and his cabinet resigned just one day after being formally appointed by PresidentEmmanuel Macron.[12] The resignation came amid widespread political backlash over the composition of the new government, which included several figures closely associated with Macron’s previous administrations, and escalating tensions withLes Républicains, led byBruno Retailleau. Lecornu had pledged to avoid using Article 49.3 of the French Constitution to push the 2026 budget through Parliament, instead advocating for a negotiated compromise. He also faced criticism for proposing a scaled-down version of the planned “Zucman tax” on wealth, limited to certain financial holdings. In his resignation statement, Lecornu cited the “absence of conditions necessary to govern” in a fragmented parliament. Following his departure, opposition parties called for early legislative elections, and reports suggested that President Macron was considering dissolving the National Assembly.[13]
The Lecornu government became the shortest in French history, lasting only 14 hours between the appointment of its ministers and its resignation.[5] It notably beat the previous records held byFrédéric François-Marsal in 1924,Édouard Herriot in 1926 andHenri Queuille in 1950, which all only lasted two days before resigning or being removed byParliament.[14][15][16]
| Portfolio | Attached minister | Name | Party | |
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| Minister Delegate for Gender Equality and the Fight against discriminations | Prime Minister | Aurore Bergé | RE | |
| Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament | Mathieu Lefèvre | RE | ||
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