The new French government gathered for the first time Friday amid efforts to overcome the budget quagmire that toppled the ...

France unveiled a new government on Monday, comprised of former ministers and senior civil servants that Prime Minister ...

Valentine CHAPUIS/AFP/AFP President Emmanuel Macron and new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou kept the country waiting Sunday over the composition of the fourth government in a year that must drag ...

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 ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged in a New Year’s address to the nation that his decision to dissolve ...

Former Prime Minister Michel Barnier resigned this month following a no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes in the ...

Credit rating agency Moody’s has already flagged the government collapse as a setback for efforts to consolidate France’s public finances, warning of an escalating political impasse.

The new government enters office after months of political deadlock and crisis and pressure from financial markets to reduce France’s colossal debt. Macron has vowed to remain in office until ...