French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will seek a high-stakes confidence vote in parliament on September 8 over unpopular plans to clean up France's public finances. If he loses the confidence vote, ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou and his minority government face a confidence vote later on Monday. Bayrou and his minority government are highly likely to fall in a vote called by the PM.

After raising the pension age and cutting taxes on the rich, now Emmanuel Macron’s government wants to scrap the Easter Monday and VE Day bank holidays. The plan is sure to face stiff resistance, with ...

(Bloomberg) -- French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has summoned the leaders of the country's political parties, National Assembly and Senate to a meeting Thursday in a bid to add urgency to his ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou lost a confidence motion in parliament, forcing a third change in government in just over a year and reviving uncertainty over how the country can tackle its ...

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said he doesn’t regret calling a confidence vote putting his government on the line, as France is “burdened with debt” and the political parties must “each take ...

President of the French Modem centrist party, Francois Bayrou arrives to attend a national ceremony for Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, on March 28, 2018 at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris.

(Bloomberg) -- France’s new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is meeting with far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Monday, kicking off an effort to form a government that can push a budget through a divided ...

PARIS — Political uncertainty is again looming in France after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou warned that he would use special executive powers this week to get his budget approved without a vote by ...

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 in ...

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister in an effort to address the country's deep political crisis, after a historic parliamentary ...