http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/64b76cbf2d0fa991 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-fifth-republic-under-strain/ The Fifth Republic Under Strain Capoccia, Giovanni eng 2025-09-13 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 France’s new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu – the fifth since 2022 – faces a task many already call impossible. Appointed by President Emmanuel Macron on September 9, just one day after the Bayrou government fell on a confidence vote, Lecornu must assemble a working majority – or at least prevent a majority coalition against him – to pass the budget by December 31.