PARIS: French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu faces a race against time to form a government by Monday’s budget deadline, as divisions emerged within the conservative Les Republicains party over ...

, Mr Lecornu must present a draft budget Bill to Cabinet and Parliament on Oct 13, requiring key ministerial positions to be filled immediately amid France’s deepest political crisis in decades. The ...

France has been gripped by political instability since President Emmanuel Macron called snap polls last year that he hoped would consolidate power but instead resulted in a hung parliament and gains ...

The task of forming a new government in France is facing renewed pressure as President Emmanuel Macron prepares to attend the Gaza summit in Egypt on Monday, making him absent at a crucial time. Prime ...

France has been mired in political deadlock ever since Macron gambled last year on snap polls that ended in a hung parliament and more seats for the far right. France's newly reappointed Prime ...

President Emmanuel Macron announced Lecornu's reinstatement late on Friday, just four days after the prime minister resigned and his just-announced government collapsed. The reappointment provoked ...

France has been gripped by political instability since President Emmanuel Macron called snap polls last year that he hoped would consolidate power but instead resulted in a hung parliament and gains ...

France's newly reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Saturday scrambled to get an austerity budget approved, as more parties threatened to topple him again, after his first term lasted only ...