President Emmanuel Macron on Friday tapped François Bayrou, a veteran centrist politician and one of his top allies, as the new prime minister, a move that few expect would stabilize France’s roiling politics.

A FTER OVER a week of trying to square the French political circle, President Emmanuel Macron on December 13th named one of his own as the country’s next prime minister: François Bayrou (pictured). A 73-year-old three-time presidential candidate whose party belongs to Mr Macron’s centrist alliance,

France's President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist Francois Bayrou as prime minister, handing him the daunting task of hauling the West European country out of months of political crisis. The 73-year-old head of the MoDem group,