François Bayrou, a veteran centrist politician, is the fourth prime minister ... their current level and to borrow money on financial markets. Image A protest in Bordeaux, southwestern France ...

The target allows for more flexibility than the goal set by the previous government, said Éric Lombard. View on euronews ...

Barnier’s government has been tasked with handling current affairs pending the ... Bregeon said. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier addresses the National Assembly prior to a vote on a no ...

French President Emmanuel Macron will ... Beyond Bayrou, prime ministerial contenders include former Socialist Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, current Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu, a ...

He added that Macron was “brilliant” and would play an important role in cleaning up French politics. That same year, Bayrou became minister of justice in Prime ... on the current one from ...

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 French president had also initially ... the former Socialist prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, the current defence minister, and Roland Lescure, a former industry minister – proved even ...

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

The source of the current crisis is Macron’s gamble ... others will take her place,” Maillard said. Now France has its fourth prime minister in a year, with Bayrou, a long-established figure ...