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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

WHEN veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France’s new prime minister ... where one of his earliest tasks – as President Emmanuel Macron’s fourth prime minister of the year – will be to pass a budget for ...

President Emmanuel Macron appointed Eric Lombard as France’s finance minister, tapping an experienced finance professional as part of a new cabinet that also returned two former prime ministers ...

France’s latest prime minister, Francois Bayrou, gets to work this week to form a new cabinet ... Picked by French President Emmanuel Macron Friday, Bayrou is the country’s fourth prime ...

French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday vowed to reopen talks on reforming pensions as he conceded the country's ...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s approval rating continues to decline and has hit a six-year low, according to a poll by ...

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 ...