In an unscheduled change, Moody's lowered its assessment of the euro area's second-biggest economy to Aa3 from Aa2, three ...

Borne, Attal, Barnier, now François Bayrou. President Macron’s latest prime ministerial appointment totals four this year.

France's President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist Francois Bayrou as prime minister, handing him the daunting task ...

A powerful cyclone slammed into Mayotte early on Saturday, killing at least two people and causing the worst storm devastation to hit the French overseas territory for almost a century, officials said ...

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

Francois Bayrou, one of few political heavyweights to have stood by French President Emmanuel Macron since he came to power ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister in an effort to address the country’s deep political crisis, after a historic parliamentary ...

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

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

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

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister in an effort to address the ...

Bayrou, 73, replaces conservative heavyweight Michel Barnier, who was ousted last week after far-right leader Marine Le Pen ...