This person will be the fifth head of government since the start of Emmanuel Macron's second five-year term in 2022. The fall of Prime Minister François Bayrou ushers in a new period of political ...

PARIS—France’s new prime minister, François Bayrou, is facing his first major test at parliament on Tuesday as his government ...

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.

(Bloomberg) -- Francois Bayrou said he will negotiate directly with lawmakers next week and warned against new elections as he battles to stop France’s parliament from forcing him to resign. Bayrou’s ...

The last time France went through five different prime ministers within two years was in the 1950s—nearly three-quarters of a century ago. That was under its chronically unstable Fourth Republic. Now ...

Legislators toppled France's government in a confidence vote on Monday, a new crisis for Europe's second-largest economy that obliges President Emmanuel Macron to search for a fourth prime minister in ...

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 ...

At his August 25 press conference, Prime Minister François Bayrou said he will demand a vote of confidence at the National Assembly on September 8 on his austerity budget. Under the terms of Article ...

French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated his support for Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s decision to call a confidence vote on Sept. 8, one that may well lead to the government’s ouster. Macron ...