A June 30 Ifop poll showed Bayrou, never popular, now has an 80% disapproval rating, his worst yet. He will present an outline of his 2026 budget by mid-July, with the text unveiled in late-September.

Although RN lawmakers, the biggest bloc in parliament, allowed Bayrou to fight another day, their benevolence is unlikely to last long. Le Pen's troops have made it clear that budget talks this autumn ...

PARIS — A report into child abuse across France unveiled Wednesday found that French Prime Minister François Bayrou “failed to act” to stop abuse at a private school in the 1990s. A report into child ...

A parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday revealed that physical and sexual abuse at a Catholic school in France went unaddressed for years during the tenure of Prime Minister François Bayrou, who was ...

Bayrou’s government is on the verge of collapse after failed pension talks, with the left pushing a no-confidence vote and the far right holding the key. Talks aimed at revising the deeply ...

French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday survived his latest no-confidence motion in parliament onTuesday after far-right National Rally (RN) lawmakers refrained from backing a measure ...

Bayrou, 73, like Barnier, is a political centrist. It wasn't immediately clear why Macron believes Bayrou will have more luck making progress with France's deadlocked National Assembly.

Reuters. French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou speaks during a conference to outline the priorities for the public finances in a first step towards preparing the next budget, in Paris, France ...

Bayrou leads the centrist Democratic Movement, known as MoDem, which he founded in 2007. French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister, ...

France's Le Pen Hands Bayrou a Lifeline, but Budget Will Test Her Patience By Elizabeth Pineau and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -French far right leader Marine Le Pen may have decided to let Prime ...