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Sébastien Lecornu

Also known as: Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu

2026-05-112026-06-28

In coverage

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  1. June 2026
  2. Citizen Digital

    Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has called on people to stop their sporting activity during the heatwave.

    Organisers postpone Paris Pride March over heat
  3. Citizen Digital

    Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu is monitoring the situation "very closely", his office said.

    France confirms first Ebola case outside Africa in current outbreak
  4. Citizen Digital

    Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu is monitoring the situation "very closely", his office said.

    France confirms first Ebola case outside Africa in current outbreak
  5. Capital News

    laces during the annual Fête de la Musique, a national music festival that draws millions to the streets across the country. “For all events organised by the state and its agencies, instructions have been given not to offer alcohol,” the office of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu

    Half of France under red heat alert as alcohol banned at street music festival
  6. Citizen Digital

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    France restricts alcohol consumption as Europe swelters in heatwave
  7. The Standard

    Audio By VocalizeFrance's domestic intelligence agency will stop working with American AI giant Palantir, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Tuesday, as European nations increasingly doubt the dependability of the United States.

    French spies drop AI giant Palantir over US overreliance fears
  8. Citizen Digital

    Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu told the Senate on Wednesday there had been no lack of resources to investigate the suspect in the Lyhanna case.

    President Macron says trust in France institutions 'at stake' after girl's killing
  9. May 2026
  10. Citizen Digital

    Of the five French passengers repatriated on Sunday, one woman who tested positive was placed in intensive care in stable condition, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu wrote on X.

    Hantavirus ship heads to Netherlands after passengers flown home
  11. Capital News

    Sébastien Lecornu said the French national developed symptoms while on a chartered flight from Tenerife to Paris, and so all five evacuated from the MV Hondius had been “immediately placed in strict isolation until further notice”.

    French national shows symptoms on return from hantavirus-hit ship
  12. The Standard

    But one of five French people flown back to France was showing hantavirus symptoms, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu wrote on X, saying all those evacuees "have immediately been placed in strict isolation until further notice".

    US citizen from hantavirus ship tests positive
World & Region

Paris Pride March postponed due to heatwave

The News

Organisers of the Paris Pride March, scheduled for this weekend, postponed the event after police ordered them to change the date to relieve pressure on emergency services during the heatwave. They are considering rescheduling to September.

27 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

Yesterday

  1. Paris Pride March postponed due to heatwave

    Organisers of the Paris Pride March, scheduled for this weekend, postponed the event after police ordered them to change the date to relieve pressure on emergency services during the heatwave. They are considering rescheduling to September.

    27 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

Wednesday 24 June

  1. France confirms first Ebola case outside Africa in current outbreak

    France confirmed its first Ebola case on its territory—a doctor who returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a major outbreak is underway. The case marks the first confirmed Ebola infection outside Africa during the current outbreak, which has also affected Uganda.

    24 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

  2. France confirms first Ebola case detected on its territory

    France has confirmed its first Ebola case identified on its territory—a doctor who returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is the first case of the current outbreak detected outside Africa, which has also affected Uganda.

    24 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

Monday 22 June

  1. France places half the country on red heat alert as temperatures surge

    France has issued red heatwave alerts for around half the country, including Paris, as temperatures approach record levels; authorities have banned alcohol consumption at the annual Fête de la Musique street music festival to preserve emergency services during the extreme heat.

    22 June 2026 · Capital News

Sunday 21 June

  1. France bans alcohol at festivals as heatwave sweeps Europe

    A heatwave across Europe prompted France to restrict alcohol consumption at public events in 35 departments expecting temperatures of 39–41°C on Sunday, while Germany issued widespread heat alerts and Spain closed a soccer fan zone.

    21 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

Tuesday 16 June

  1. France ends intelligence contract with Palantir over US dependency fears

    France's domestic intelligence agency will stop working with American AI firm Palantir, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced, citing concerns about strategic digital dependencies on the United States. The decision follows Washington's restriction on access to Anthropic's Fable model for non-American users, prompting France to invest 655 million euros in developing its own AI capabilities.

    16 June 2026 · The Standard

Thursday 11 June

  1. Macron says institutional trust at stake after girl's killing

    President Emmanuel Macron said he feared for trust in France's institutions after a botched investigation into the main suspect in an 11-year-old girl's likely murder triggered public outrage. The suspect, a 41-year-old father of a school friend, had twice before been formally accused of raping a child, but investigations had been dropped or stalled.

    11 June 2026 · Citizen Digital

Tuesday 12 May

  1. Hantavirus cruise ship heads to Netherlands after Spain disembarkation

    The Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, which suffered a deadly hantavirus outbreak that killed three people, sailed to the Netherlands after its last passengers disembarked in Spain's Canary Islands, with at least seven confirmed and one probable case among evacuees.

    12 May 2026 · Citizen Digital

Monday 11 May

  1. French passenger shows hantavirus symptoms after cruise ship evacuation

    A French national developed hantavirus symptoms on a chartered flight repatriating five evacuees from the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius to Paris. Three passengers have died from the outbreak, two confirmed with the virus, and more than 90 tourists are being ferried home with evacuees placed in strict isolation.

    11 May 2026 · Capital News

  2. US citizen tests positive for hantavirus from cruise ship

    A US citizen aboard the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius has tested positive for hantavirus. Three passengers—a Dutch couple and a German woman—have died from the virus, which is rare and endemic in Argentina where the ship departed in April; health officials say global public health risk is low and no vaccines or specific treatments exist.

    11 May 2026 · The Standard

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