French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new Cabinet Sunday as pressure builds for him and his reappointed prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, to head off the country's growing political crisis and pass a budget.
Lecornu, who resigned as premier a week ago before being renamed Friday, will need to tamp down defections from the political groups that propped up Macron’s centrist alliance to avoid another government collapse. The cabinet will meet for the first time Tuesday, which is when the prime minister is expected to propose the budget.
Macron’s declining approval has left his coalition with a weak minority in France’s parliament, putting Lecornu at risk of losing his job yet again. Opposition and allied parties alike have expressed anger at Macron for failing to accept his tenuous position and retract his more maximalist policies.
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