The new French government gathered for the first time Friday amid efforts to overcome the budget quagmire that toppled the ...

French parliamentarians from the country’s left-wing ... France is a semi-presidential system, and the government and presidency are two separate institutions,” Marta Lorimer, lecturer in politics at ...

Newly named Prime Minister Francois Bayrou put together the government that includes members of the outgoing ...

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, who was appointed on Dec 13, is the fourth holder of the office this year and had previously ...

It is not that the French don't see the need for reform - almost half say the system needs to change to secure its future. The government said the reforms would balance the pension budget and ...

A French government finance committee is looking at ... customers such as the French military (including its telephone system) and the nation's large nuclear industry, has been in trouble for ...

The French government is facing a no-confidence vote after Prime Minister Michel Barnier pushed through budget measures without parliamentary approval. If the measure passes on Wednesday ...

According to The Associated Press, Prime Minister Francois Bayrou assembled the new government with members of the previous conservative-dominated team along with new centrist and left-leaning members ...