Francois Bayrou

(Newser) - French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as France's new prime minister, the country's fourth in about a year. Lecornu, 39, is the youngest defense minister in French history and the architect of a major military buildup through 2030, spurred by Russia's war...

(Newser) - The government of France has once again collapsed like a deflated souffle. Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was ousted Monday after 364 members of the 577-seat National Assembly backed a no-confidence motion, the Wall Street Journal reports. He is expected to submit his resignation to French President Emmanuel Macron early Tuesday....

(Newser) - France is ending 2024 the way it started it—with a new prime minister. French President Emmanuel Macron named centrist ally Francois Bayrou as prime minister on Friday, the AP reports. A historic parliamentary vote ousted the previous government last week after Michel Barnier had been in office for just...

(Newser) - Defeated presidential candidate Francois Bayrou is now the most wanted man in France, as Sarko and Ségo compete to woo his seven million voters. Socialist Ségolène Royal has appealed directly to Bayrou to form an alliance, while right-wing Nicolas Sarkozy is rebranding himself as a centrist-friendly “...