President Macron reluctantly appoints a would-be ‘reconciler’ as prime minister, while rightist Marine Le Pen rides even ...

Within hours of being appointed, France’s new prime minister Francois Bayrou faced his first ordeal: the country’s credit ...

The far-right leader took down the last prime minister. But she now appears willing to work with the next one.

The yield on 10-year French debt rose to more than 3%, on the first trading day after the credit rating agency unexpectedly cut France's debt rating.

The spread between French and German benchmark bond yields widened, signaling investor unease about France's public finances.

In a divided nation struggling with polarised politics, high debt, and a ballooning deficit, the task before 73-year-old ...

So farewell Michel Barnier, the man who will now be best remembered not as the suave face of the EU in the Brexit ...

The newly appointed prime minister, François Bayrou, begins talks with political leaders to bring together France's divided ...

The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is "several hundred" and may run into the thousands, the ...

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Francois Bayrou came into the spotlight in the 2002 presidential campaign when he slapped a child who tried to pick his ...

PARIS - When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France's new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his plan to increase subsidies for private schools led to nationwide protests. He ...