Michel Barnier

Endorsement in Brussels is major boost to new prime minister after 2025 budget toppled his predecessor.

Olivier Blanchard told POLITICO that the country is “absolutely not doing what is needed” to get its finances in order.

The center-left party’s decision augurs well for Bayrou, but looming budget talks could prove tricky.

The fledgling Paris government is “trying their best” to get a budget through parliament after a previous version sunk its predecessor.

There should be “no totems or taboos” as new prime minister fights to reform pensions — and keep his job.

François Bayrou hits out in first big policy speech after Chinese trade surplus reaches nearly $1 trillion last year.

Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz hopes to revive talks on a broad trade deal with the U.S.

Bayrou will lay out how he plans to navigate the same fragmented legislature which brought down his predecessor.

The Socialists have taken timid steps toward emancipation from far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

But finance ministry officials insist it’s just a time-saving move, not an endorsement of Michel Barnier’s plans.

Hopes are high the finance veteran, who leans politically left, will help to unite France’s fragmented parliament over the budget.

Will this one last any longer?

New French prime minister promises to present a budget in February, offers to review controversial pensions reform.

The French Senate unanimously voted in favor of the text.

“He has lost his grip on the international scene, and is at odds with everyone,” the far-right leader said.

Bayrou’s decision to stay on as mayor of a small city has drawn controversy as he struggles to negotiate with opposition parties.

Will François Bayrou’s government collapse over a budget vote, just as his predecessor’s did?

Things aren’t going smoothly between the French president and his new prime minister.

One of Macron’s earliest supporters, Bayrou’s robust profile allows him to set himself apart from the president.

The far-right leader took down the last prime minister. But she now appears willing to work with the next one.

The firefighters who put out the blaze a decade ago argue that fears of a eurozone implosion are overblown — but admit that that may not stop a slow and painful European economic demise.

The appointment comes after Michel Barnier’s government was toppled last week in a battle over public finances.

Macron has missed his own 48-hour deadline to appoint a successor to Michel Barnier.