Despite all the caustic fuss that scanned French politics in recent months, you will find it difficult to find someone to say a bad conversation about her new prime minister France, Sebastian.
Sebastian Lekorni, a political career who was a defense minister in the previous cabinet, is considered a heartfelt and serious personality by leaders throughout the ideological spectrum.
A senior executive of the Socialist Party described him as a smart politician who is a careful listener. A far -left MP praised his sharp mind. It is difficult to find someone in the National Assembly that would personally criticize him, something rare in France’s highly divided political scene.
Even the far -right leader Marin Le Pen has praised the last prime minister of President Emmanuel Macron for his professionalism and the respect with which she has been brought to her party.
Lekorni boasts that he is doing well with everyone except perhaps one of the most ardent personalities on the far left, as he allegedly said in the French newspaper Le Monde.
While these apt choices may not ultimately not be enough to secure a majority in favor of his budget plan, his inter -party appeal will give him an opportunity to battle the divided lower parliament of the French Parliament.
Parliamentary mathematics
The Conservative who became a central one appears a few days after the overthrow of the government of Francois Bairou, as the far right and the left joined forces in a vote of confidence to reject a budget plan of $ 44 billion ($ 51 billion).
The budget proposal will be one of the first major trials for the new prime minister, who, in order to avoid the same fate as his predecessor, will have to quickly rewrite his budget plans, with concessions to buy at least indirect support from some of his powerful opponents, but without his own opponents.
In his inaugural speech on Wednesday, Lekorni pledged to change the way the government is facing the opposition, stressing that negotiations should be more creative and technical. “We will succeed,” Lekorni said, without giving details of his plans to complete the budget.
On his first day in power, Lekorni addressed the Left. He had phone calls with the Greens leader and with a prominent trade union leader. But he has not yet had talks with the Socialists, whom Macron considers to be the bloc, who is more likely to agree with groups that already support the government to vote on budget, according to people who know the thinking of the president.
The Socialist MPs who helped Bayrou pass the budget of 2025 from Parliament refused to participate in the new government, but say they are open to consultations with the new prime minister for policies. “Lekorne in Matinion essentially means Emmanuel Macron in Matinion,” Socialist leader Olivier For said on France Info radio yesterday, referring to the official name of the Prime Minister’s office.
Socialists require a budget that is less painful for households. They have also pressured the government to abandon plans to cut two holidays as a way to reduce costs and increase taxes to the over -dummy. It is not clear what concessions can be willing to make, but even his allies suggest that he should be flexible.
“Of course, we need to reduce more public expenditure, but if we need to go from the 44 billion euros that Bayrou proposed to another amount, then we are willing to do so,” said Eleonor Carouas, a senior MP of the Macron Party.
While the government lays its hopes on a possible agreement with the moderate left, the chances of agreeing with the far -right national alarm, the largest party in the lower parliament, seem to be minimal. A few minutes after the publication of Lecorne’s appointment, Lepen wrote in a social media post that Macron had made his last attempt to appoint Lecorne and reiterated her call for early parliamentary elections, which he considered inevitable.
Le Pen’s tough attitude among judicial problems marks a shift to her once good relations with the new prime minister. Lecorn’s willingness to work with Le Penn and her alternates extended to host her for dinner at the Ministry of Defense, according to French media reports. The party refused to comment on the reports. Lekorni has personally pressured to gain the support of the far -right party for France’s military budget.
National Alarm Vice President Louis Alio gave a more measured note to the promotion of Lecorne, insisting that Lepen’s comments did not mean that the party would automatically seek to vote against him. “We will not exercise in principle, but Lekorni is instructed to negotiate with the Socialists,” Ali said in an interview, while stressing that any socialists’ approach would be problematic for the party. “It is obvious that we will not remain silent.”
Macron’s hope
Despite the uncertain prospects for the survival of Lecoros in the midst of a narrow road to strengthen the finances of the nation, Macron bets that he can succeed.
Setting Lecorne, Macron chose a trusted ally who stood by the French leader from the beginning. Lekorni was Macron’s top choice for the prime minister in December, when Bayrou won her threatening to withdraw the support of his central party at the last minute. Lekorni is one of the closest and most trusted people of the president, the only minister to serve since 2017 and the youngest head of defense in modern French history.
It is said that Macron considers the background of Lecorne as a political basis, which does not have the academic qualifications of many of its contemporaries as an advantage. The mild prime minister comes from an area of France that was once a stronghold of the center -right, adopted Macron in 2017 and then shifted almost entirely to the far right in 2022. Lekorni was a pillar of the dynamic pro -fellow politics and the two -fellow politician.
For Macron, the bet is clear: Either Lekorni can manage political crises to maintain the minority government on the surface or his appointment is simply delaying a wider clash with voters. The result will determine both Lekorni’s prime minister – and Macron’s remaining time to office.