The opportunity was too good. After the resounding resignation of Sébastien Lecornu, the former Russian president, Dmitri Medvedev, strongly attacked the French head of state. “Record: the government of France lasted only 14 hours. Because France has no president. Just the brilliant lawyer from kyiv, the crony of Germany and Britain, the talkative arbiter of Africa,” he joked about X. According to him, “Micron doesn’t care about France. Even the horses of our Cossacks entering Paris in 1814 would do its job better.”
Record: France’s government lasted 14 hours. Because France has no president. Just kyiv’s brilliant advocate, Germany and Britain’s buddy, Africa’s chatty arbiter. But Micron doesn’t care about France. Even our Cossacks’ horses entering Paris in 1814 would do his job better…
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) October 6, 2025
This is not the first time that Dmitri Medvedev has given Emmanuel Macron this nickname. “‘Russia has become, as I speak to you and for years to come, a threat to France and Europe,’ says Macron. Micron, on the other hand, does not pose much of a threat”had already criticized the vice-president of the Russian Security Council last March after a speech by the French leader about the war in Ukraine. And predict: “He will disappear for good no later than May 14, 2027. And no one will miss him. »
An isolated president
This new criticism comes as Emmanuel Macron seems more lonely than ever after the successive failures of Michel Barnier, François Bayrou and now Sébastien Lecornu. Seen walking alone on the banks of the Seine yesterday, the French president can no longer even count on his majority. Monday evening, Gabriel Attal, the boss of the Renaissance party, said he no longer followed “decisions” of the head of state, judged “incomprehensible”.
While the financial markets are agitated and the shadow of a France without a budget looms, Emmanuel Macron asked his resigning Prime Minister to lead “final negotiations” For “define a platform for action and stability”. A major challenge as the oppositions are almost in unison demanding a dissolution of the National Assembly – or even, as with LFI, the outright dismissal of the president.
