French president Emmanuel Macron has ... with forming a new government.” François Bayrou has been a prominent French politician for many years. AP Former Prime Minister Michel Barnier resigned ...

Dec. 13 (UPI) --French President Emmanuel Macron Friday chose Francois Bayrou to be the new Prime Minister. Bayrou -- a centrist leader of the MoDem Party -- will be France's fourth prime minister ...

Macron risks alienating socialist lawmakers who have demanded Macron select a prime minister from leftist ranks after the New Popular Front, a leftist alliance, won the most seats in last summer ...

Macron’s office said in a statement that Bayrou “has been charged with forming a new government.” Former Prime Minister Michel Barnier resigned last week following a no-confidence vote ...

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Macron on 13 December appointed centrist politician Bayrou as prime minister, the Élysée Palace ... still not approved just weeks before the new year. Macron has refused to step down.

French President Emmanuel Macron named former prime minister Elisabeth Borne education minister in a new cabinet under Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, the presidency said on Monday. Another former ...

Macron's office said in a statement that Bayrou "has been charged with forming a new government." Former Prime Minister Michel Barnier resigned last week after a no-confidence vote prompted by ...

Bosses of the NFP alliance that includes the Socialists, Communists and Greens as well as the LFI had demanded that Macron appoint a prime minister from their ranks. The members of Melenchon’s ...

French President Emmanuel Macron ... prime minister on Friday, in a bid to restore stability after a no-confidence vote toppled the shortest-serving government in the modern French republic. The ...

French President Emmanuel Macron named close ally and centrist leader of the MoDem party François Bayrou as the country’s new prime minister. Bayrou is France’s fourth prime minister this ...