Breakfast, handover, council of ministers… already threatened with censorship, the new government takes its first steps this Monday

“A large part of our debt is issued on international, external markets, we must maintain France's credibility”, he added, while the country's public deficit stands at more than 5% of GDP, beyond the European limit of 3%.

He also assured that the major laws of “social or societal progress” such as those on voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG), marriage for all or medically assisted procreation (AMP or PMA) would be “fully preserved".

Michel Barnier also committed to "taking the time to improve" the highly contested pension reform, without providing details.

Insufficient guarantees

Insufficient guarantees for the left, which has already promised to censure the new executive.

The left-wing coalition of the New Popular Front has already planned to draft a motion of censure that will be tabled by the socialists after Michel Barnier's general policy speech, scheduled for October 1, indicated the leader of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure.

The leader of the radical left Jean-Luc Mélenchon called for getting rid of "as soon as possible" this "government of losers", which according to him has "neither legitimacy nor future".

Officially announced on Saturday evening, the new executive gives pride of place to President Macron's party, Renaissance, and a good place to the right-wing Les Républicains (LR), from which Mr. Barnier comes.

Motion of censure ?

Two parties nevertheless emerged in sharp decline from the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7, caused by the controversial dissolution of the National Assembly by Mr. Macron after the rout of the presidential camp in the European elections.

The fact remains that to succeed, a motion of censure must receive the votes of the National Rally, the far-right party of Marine Le Pen, which for the moment is unlikely by Mr Faure's own admission.