In a bid to end political turmoil, France's president named Francois Bayrou prime minister. One lawmaker likened France's ...

France still has time to pass a budget before the end of the year and can pass special stopgap legislation to avoid a ...

PARIS — Facing criticism from all sides, France's new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the ...

PARIS (AP) — France risks losing its third prime minister in 12 months on Monday, with incumbent François Bayrou facing a parliamentary confidence vote that he called but is widely expected to lose, ...

France’s National Assembly is set to vote on a major social security budget bill, in a critical test for the embattled Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, who has pledged to deliver the country’s 2026 ...

France Politics French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu delivers a statement at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, Friday Oct. 3, 2025, before a round of consultations with political parties ahead of the ...

Then French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu (right) and France's President Emmanuel Macron talk at the end of an address by the president to army leaders in Paris on July 13. (Ludovic Marin | Pool ...