Sarkozy has been handed a five-year prison sentence after trial over finances from late Libyan leader Gaddafi.

Former French prime minister Michel Barnier has sailed through the first round of a high-profile by-election in Paris, ...

France’s CGT union said on Thursday that more than a million people were taking part in protests across the country, ...

The French took to the streets en masse last week, days after the collapse of the latest Macron-aligned government. But the ...

President of France chooses Sébastien Leconnu, until then Minister of Defense, to be Prime Minister. He succeeds centrist ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Sébastien Lecornu, a close political ally and former defense minister, as ...

Mr Macron has told his new prime minister to consult widely among France’s political parties before forming a government. He wants him to put together a budget for 2026 that can, this time, secure ...

France has been thrust into fresh political turmoil after lawmakers voted to bring down Prime Minister François Bayrou’s minority government, dealing another blow to President Emmanuel Macron’s alread ...

Lecornu, who was appointed by Macron on Tuesday, has been at the French leader’s side for the entirety of his presidency.

France’s finances and politics are in turmoil. President Emmanuel Macron has just appointed his fourth prime minister in 12 ...

The 39-year-old is the only minister to have remained in Macron’s government since the President was elected in 2017.

The choice of Lecornu, 39, indicates Macron's determination to press on with a minority government that will not rip up his pro-business reform agenda, under which taxes on business and the wealthy ha ...