The new prime minister, a Macron ally, must try to assemble a government, regain control of France’s deficit and satisfy warring political factions.

So France's new prime minister, Francois Bayrou, is trying another kind of balancing act to make sure the country's ...

Macron said he will serve as president “until the end” of his five-year term scheduled in 2027. He also said he would name a new prime minister within days, but gave no hints who that might be.

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 ...

Some conservatives are expected to be part of the new government. Macron’s strategy ... in French politics. His name had repeatedly surfaced as a potential prime minister in the past, but ...

Macron had been widely expected to name a prime minister on Thursday evening. The new delay, albeit an overnight delay, underscores the political challenges posed by the fractured lower house of ...

Macron was first expected to name a new prime minister in an address to the nation last week. In a sign of the stalemate, Macron did not name Barnier’s successor then and missed a 48-hour deadline he ...

His government on shaky ground, Prime Minister François Bayrou offered to reopen debate on the measure, which raised the ...

PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister, François Bayrou, is facing his first major test at parliament on Tuesday as his ...

Key allies of Emmanuel Macron are heaping pressure on the French president to name a new prime minister quickly, with time running short to pass a stopgap spending bill before the end of the year.

PARIS (Reuters) -When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France's new prime minister ... earliest tasks - as President Emmanuel Macron's fourth prime minister of the year - will be to pass a ...

More importantly, a new ... to Macron and not a great choice in our view) and Sébastien Lecornu (defence minister, capable and uncontroversial) are prime examples. In general, most of the names ...