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, ...

The country is at the conjuncture of several crises at once - but is it fair to blame Macron for 'this shipwreck'?

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 is in turmoil once again. Following President Emmanuel Macron's appointment of former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as Prime Minister, the country has erupted in mass protests. Left-wing ...

Sébastien Lecornu follows into the arena Michel Barnier and Francois Bayrou, neither of whom could forge a working majority.

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

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