Emmanuel Macron returned to the negotiating table on Friday to appoint a new prime minister six weeks after France’s failed snap election. The French president began meeting with party leaders ...

Macron was first expected to name a new prime minister in an address to the nation ... Macron did not name Barnier's successor then and also missed a 48-hour deadline he had given at a meeting of ...

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 ...

French President Emmanuel Macron names key centrist ally François Bayrou as new prime minister Friday Dec.13 2024. (Ludovic Marin/Pool photo via AP, File) By Associated Press ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named Francois Bayrou as his new prime minister, concluding a week of political deadlock following the toppling of Michel Barnier’s government last week.

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.

Mr. Macron can appoint whomever he likes as the new prime minister — it does not need to be someone from the biggest party in Parliament. Until then, as caretaker prime minister, Mr. Barnier ...

France's Macron meets party leaders, promises new PM within 48 hours. The urgency to name a new government leader follows last week’s confidence vote, which ousted former prime minister Michel ...

President Emmanuel Macron has named EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister after more than 50 days of caretaker government.

His name had repeatedly surfaced as a potential prime minister in the past, but each time he was passed over. He is widely considered to have helped lay the groundwork for Macron’s rise to power ...