French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to appoint a broadly unchanged cabinet sparked an immediate backlash from opposition parties and even among his own supporters, undermining Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu’s chances of surviving a make-or-break week in parliament.
Most senior members from the cabinet of ousted premier Francois Bayrou were renamed to their posts in a clear continuation of Macron’s centrist policy aims. The president didn’t reappoint Eric Lombard as finance minister, but his replacement, Roland Lescure, is a close ally who previously ran the industry portfolio.
Sebastien Lecornu at the National Assembly in Paris.
Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
Lecornu will formally outline his policy priorities in a speech ...
