France’s lower house of parliament toppled the government for the first time in more than 60 years in early December, forcing President Emmanuel Macron to cast around for a prime minister who could navigate the country’s bitterly divided political landscape.

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new government on Monday, appointing his fourth prime minister this year, Francois Bayrou, to lead a team, aiming to steer the country, the

EDITORIAL. In forming his government, France's new prime minister has not succeeded in shifting the lines of the political division resulting from the June parliamentary elections, and finds himself in as uncomfortable a situation as his predecessor,

Manuel Valls was appointed as France's new Minister for Overseas on Monday, as part of the new French Prime Minister François Bayrou's cabinet announcement, ten days after his appointment by embattled French President Macron.

France’s culture budgets have long been sacrosanct but concerns are raised about generous public arts funding in the wake of political turmoil

A centrist ally of President Emmanuel Macron, François Bayrou is tasked with succeeding where short-lived prime minister Michel Barnier failed. Any budget will have to shore up France's shaky finances without triggering further censure from the far right or the leftover spending cuts and tax rises to reduce the deficit.

The critical task of delivering a budget plan for next year falls to Eric Lombard, the new economy minister. Former Prime Minister Michel Barnier's move to push through a cost-cutting budget led to his ouster.

New French prime minister promises to present a budget in February, offers to review controversial pensions reform.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said he aimed to reach an agreement with parliament on a 2025 budget that would reduce the country’s deficit to close to 5%, near the level his predecessor unsuccessfully tried to reach.

President Emmanuel Macron's Chief of Staff Alexis Kohler unveils 39-member Cabinet, including Elisabeth Borne as education minister and Manuel Valls as minister for overseas territories - Anadolu Ajan

COLUMN. A 'builder' or a 'repairer'? The new prime minister is putting the center's ability to embody the government at stake, at a time when the right and the left are dreaming of revenge, writes Le Monde's political columnist Françoise Fressoz.

The new team at the helm of France’s economy will need to begin work immediately on passing a 2025 budget, which has been in limbo since the National Assembly rejected the belt-tightening proposal