Within hours of being appointed, France's new prime minister Francois Bayrou faced his first upset: the country's credit ...

Mr. Barnier is likely to remain as a caretaker until Mr. Macron names a new prime minister, but France faces weeks of instability, just as it did after the parliamentary vote. Mr. Macron will ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron named Francois Bayrou as his new prime minister to run his government on Friday, his office said, after his previous choice for the role served the shortest term ...

The collapse of the 3-month-old government makes Barnier France's shortest-serving prime minister and could bring further upheaval to financial markets. What's going on with France's public finances?

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

The composition of French Prime Minister François Bayrou's new cabinet will be revealed on Monday at 6.30pm Paris time ...

Macron's current alliance center-right alliance lacks the majority needed to pass legislation in the National Assembly.

By Aurelien Breeden and Catherine Porter Reporting from Paris Prime Minister Michel Barnier of France faces a no-confidence vote this week after he pushed through a budget bill without a final ...

PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist François Bayrou as prime minister, handing him the daunting task of hauling France out of months of political crisis.

Cazeneuve, 61, served as prime minister during the final months of ... who heads the northern de-industrialised region of Hauts de France, where Macron has sought to develop an ecosystem around ...