After freezing the controversial retirement-age reform, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is keeping options open for future budgetary maneuvers.

Ad Policy France’s Prime Minister, Sebastien Lecornu, and President, Emmanuel Macron, stand at attention during a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Borm

French President Emmanuel Macron rejected calls to resign and blasted his opponents on Monday, as his latest government was threatened by two no-confidence motions that could bring it down by the end of the week.

President Emmanuel Macron of France is facing some of the country’s worst political turmoil in decades. A new government has been appointed, but how long it will last is anyone’s guess.

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.

Rabat - French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Tuesday that he would dissolve the National Assembly and call new elections if Prime Minister Sébastien French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Tuesday that he would dissolve the National Assembly and call new elections if Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s new government loses a no-confidence vote.

In December 2024, when the two world leaders reunited for the reopening of Notre Dame in Paris, they engaged in a 10-second-long, firm-gripped handshake-turned-embrace. In response to a clip of the handshake, TV personality Piers Morgan joked in an X post: “I’ve missed the Trump-Macron arm-wrestles.”

French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed deep concern over the political crisis in Madagascar but stopped short of confirming reports that the country’s president was evacuated with French assistance.