The French president appointed a seasoned centrist to referee between rowdy political factions.

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday tapped François Bayrou, a veteran centrist politician and one of his top allies, as the ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister, after a historic parliamentary ...

Trump — who has a hand in some long, notable white-knuckled exchanges with Macron — added to his reputation of awkwardly ...

Centrist leader François Bayrou has become France's latest prime minister, chosen by President Emmanuel Macron in a bid to ...

Eager to regain control, the French president was about to appoint the outgoing armed forces minister as prime minister. But ...

The appointment comes after Michel Barnier’s government was toppled last week in a battle over public finances.

Francois Bayrou, 73, has run to be French president unsuccessfully three times, more recently backing President Emmanuel ...

The action, which will put pressure on the nation’s borrowing costs, reflects doubt that a new government can mend the deteriorating financial situation.

COLUMN. In Paris to mark the opening of Notre-Dame de Paris, Emmanuel Macron tried to bring the spirit of peace to the Elysée ...

French President Emmanuel Macron today named centrist Francois Bayrou as Prime Minister, handing him the daunting task of ...