France's Macron reappoints Lescure as finance minister amid budget turmoil
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 12, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 12, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Roland Lescure is reappointed as France's finance minister amid budget challenges, as Macron's government faces a divided parliament.
PARIS (Reuters) -The French presidency announced Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's new cabinet line-up on Sunday, reappointing Roland Lescure, a close ally of Emmanuel Macron, as finance minister.
Lecornu's last government lasted just 14 hours. Lescure takes over the finance ministry at a time the government is under intense pressure to steer a budget for 2026 through a deeply divided parliament.
(Reporting by Mathieu Rosemain; editing by Richard Lough)
The main topic is the reappointment of Roland Lescure as France's finance minister amid budget challenges.
Roland Lescure is a close ally of President Macron and has been reappointed as France's finance minister.
The French government is under pressure to pass a budget for 2026 through a deeply divided parliament.
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