Michel Barnier has been elected MP for Paris in the second round of a by-election, which returns him to the National Assembly that less than a year ago ousted him as Prime Minister in a confidence ...

The sudden resignation of France's prime minister — the country's fifth in two years — has put President Emmanuel Macron in a ...

The former prime minister and right-wing Les Républicains candidate holds a strong lead in the 2nd constituency of the French capital and will face Socialist Frédérique Bredin in the runoff.

Sébastien Lecornu had been in office for 26 days when he resigned on Monday - he was given 48 hours by President Macron to ...

Lecornu was asked by President Macron to stay on until Wednesday in a last-ditch attempt to achieve "stability" for the ...

Mr Lecornu had replaced his predecessor Francois Bayrou to become France's fourth prime minister in barely a year - and the seventh of Macron's eight-year presidency. Here are all the prime ministers ...

France ’s prime minister has resigned after less than one month in the role. Sebastien Lecornu resigned hours after his cabinet was revealed, having met with president Emmanuel Macron on Monday. The ...

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s government will live to see another day. After a high-stakes policy speech and the ...

Sébastien Lecornu was the fourth prime minister to go since the summer of 2024. His departure adds yet more pressure on ...

France on Thursday awaited in suspense over who would be its next prime minister as a deadline ticked down for President ...

The former defense minister spent just one-third as long in office as Michel Barnier in 2024. The last government that lasted so little was in 1924, under the Third Republic.

Redoubled effort to get French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to resign for the second time in 10 days failed after two ...