France’s newly reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu named a new government Sunday, as he faces pressure to urgently produce a budget and quell political turmoil that is scaring businesses and staining the country’s image.

Why does France have a president and a prime minister? Latest PM resigns plunging the country into chaos - The latest Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu quit the government in a shock move on Monday, le

The French president is running out of options but refuses to step aside.

France Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's two immediate predecessors, Francois Bayrou and Michel Barnier, were ousted in a standoff over France's austerity budget in a deeply divided parliament.

Macron’s ascent to the top job in 2017 “broke the classic political alternation between the right and left in France”, said a person close to the president. “Was that a 10-year parenthesis, or will we have a political life that is split in three in the long term?”

The E3 leaders of Germany, France and the United Kingdom have praised the efforts of US President Donald Trump as well as the mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey in seeking to resolve the Gaza conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant Hamas group.

After eight years in office, Emmanuel Macron's position as president is coming under increasing pressure as France's political crisis escalates.

France’s financial prosecution office informed former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday which prison to report to and when, pending his appeal after being sentenced to five years for criminal conspiracy involving the use of funds from Libya to finance his winning 2007 campaign.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will begin serving a five-year prison sentence on 21 October for criminal conspiracy over alleged illegal funding of his 2007 election campaign by Libya, French media reported on Monday.