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France’s Macron to Name New PM, Shelving Threat of Snap Elections

PARIS—President Emmanuel Macron is moving to name a new prime minister rather than calling snap elections, an approach that buys time for the country’s political establishment to pull France out of ... Read More

France’s Macron reappoints prime minister days after he quit

French President Emmanuel Macron reappointed Sébastien Lecornu to the role of prime minister Friday evening, just four days after Lecornu resigned from the role. The announcement of Lecornu’s ... Read More

France's Macron asks newly resigned Prime Minister Lecornu to try again to form a government

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, just days after his resignation, asking him to try again to form a government and produce a ... Read More

France is on the brink as Macron's government faces no-confidence votes

Legislators in the National Assembly will vote on no-confidence motions filed by President Emmanuel Macron's fiercest opponents — the hard-left France Unbowed party and Marine Le Pen of the far-right ... Read More

France's Macron seeks sixth prime minister in under two years

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron was on Thursday searching for his sixth prime minister in under two years, hoping his next pick can steer a budget through a legislature riven by ... Read More

France's Macron holds crunch talks with party chiefs as deadline to name a PM nears

PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron welcomed mainstream political leaders to a crunch meeting at the Elysee ahead of a self-imposed late-Friday deadline to name a new prime minister, as the ... Read More

After Sébastien Lecornu's fall, all eyes on Macron's next move with France in political turmoil

French President Emmanuel Macron grapples with a political crisis after Lecornu resigned as prime minister a day after forming his government. Read More

France's Macron won't appoint a left-wing PM, angry leftist leaders say

PARIS (Reuters) -Emmanuel Macron does not plan to name a prime minister from the left later on Friday, disappointed leftist party chiefs said after crunch talks with the French president, suggesting ... Read More

France: PM Lecornu backs suspending Macron's pension reform

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu told the French parliament in a policy speech that he would back suspending unpopular plans to raise the retirement age until after the next presidential elections. "I ... Read More