The government still faces two challenges in the coming weeks: the risk of a no-confidence vote and a tight budget deadline.

French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier Saturday, marked by a shift to ...

The French presidential palace has unveiled a new center-right government more than two months after elections that produced ...

In the new parliament, he had been set to head the economic committee in the lower house until Barnier tapped him for the top ...

The cabinet named by Prime Minister Michel Barnier marks a tilt to the right and will need to avoid being dissolved with a no ...

French President Emmanuel Macron had earlier approved Michel Barnier's appointment as the French PM after weeks of difficult ...

A left-wing coalition secured the most seats in the June-July elections, but failed to win an outright majority.