French President Macron has appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as France's new prime minister, the country's fourth in about a year.

President Emmanuel Macron has named close ally Sébastien Lecornu as the new French prime minister, 24 hours after a vote of confidence ousted François Bayrou as head of government.

France’s new Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has promised a “profound break” with past politics as he faces the formidable challenge of forming a government with enough parliamentary backing to navigate the country out of its ongoing political crisis. Among those representing President Macron’s Renaissance party is Éléonore Caroit, a Member of Parliament for French citizens living in Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms. Caroit tells Carys Garland that she says she's "confident that the new PM might actually pass a budget and have a plan for the country in the next month."

France’s new premier is named as the country’s 1958 constitution appears to be unraveling.

France's new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu pledged to find creative ways to work with rivals to pass a debt-slimming budget as he promised a "break" with the past upon taking office on a day of sprawling anti-government protests on Wednesday.

Following the appointment of François Bayrou's successor as prime minister on Tuesday, the Socialists made it clear that it would not join the next government, arguing that the president has 'persisted' down a path that has led to 'disorder,

Sebastien Lecornu took over as France’s prime minister pledging big changes as he tries to engage opposition parties in the herculean task of reining in the country’s debt amid intense opposition to budget cuts.