France’s president and prime minister managed to form a new government just in time for the holidays. Now comes the hard part.

Marine Le Pen on Tuesday predicted that the new French government would swiftly fall and that France would choose “a new path at worse within months”, suggesting Emmanuel Macron’s days are numbered.

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French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government Monday evening, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis.

"Mayotte is demolished," an airport security agent told President Emmanuel Macron as he arrived in the remote French territory five days after Cyclone Chido.

French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived to the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte to survey the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Chido.

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed full support on Saturday for Ethiopia's debt restructuring efforts, emphasising the need for a swift resolution "in the coming weeks".

France’s embattled President Emmanuel Macron has appointed centrist ally Francois Bayrou as prime minister, he announced on Friday, as he seeks to calm a political crisis that has left his authority dwindling by the day.

Macron's current alliance center-right alliance lacks the majority needed to pass legislation in the National Assembly.

French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new government on Monday, following the collapse of the previous Cabinet. According to a report by The New York Times, the center-right orientation of the new French government roughly mirrors that of the previous one,

Centrist leader François Bayrou has become France's latest prime minister, chosen by President Emmanuel Macron in a bid to end months of political turmoil.