In France, the deadlock around the formation of a government has been broken with the appointment of veteran politician Michel Barnier as prime minister. His next two tasks are to assemble a ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has a higher approval rating than President Emmanuel Macron as he works to form a new government, according to a poll by Ipsos. The survey published in La ...

Authorities did not record a huge turnout nationwide. The left, particularly the France Unbowed party, views Barnier’s conservative background as rejecting the electorate’s will, further ...

Michel Barnier will not last a year as France’s prime minister, Marine Le Pen said just days before the former Brexit negotiator names his government. The National Rally (RN) leader, a kingmaker ...

President Emmanuel Macron picked Michel Barnier to be the new French prime minister in a bid to end two months of political chaos after his centrist alliance lost its relative parliamentary ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Wednesday that he will form his new government next week, potentially capping one period of political uncertainty ahead of a likely fight over the 2025 ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has named the European Union’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as new prime minister, counting on the veteran politician to end two months of political ...

Michel Barnier, the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator, has become France’s new prime minister, the French president’s office says, ending two months of stalemate following inconclusive ...