Mr Macron has told his new prime minister to consult widely among France’s political parties before forming a government. He ...

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

Sebastien Lecornu, a career politician who served as defense minister in the previous cabinet, is seen as a cordial yet ...

Sébastien Lecornu on Wednesday became France's fifth prime minister in less than two years. The former defence minister is ...

For all the vitriol flying around French politics in recent months, you will struggle to find anyone with a bad word to say ...

Protesters blocked roads, lit blazes and were met with volleys of tear gas on Wednesday in Paris and elsewhere in France, ...

Protesters blocked roads, lit blazes and were met with volleys of tear gas on Wednesday in Paris and elsewhere in France, ...

Protesters blocked roads and set fires in Paris and across France as part of a nationwide “Block Everything” campaign.

Sébastien Lecornu follows into the arena Michel Barnier and Francois Bayrou, neither of whom could forge a working majority.

Sébastien Lecornu had been defense minister. He is one of President Emmanuel Macron’s most loyal and enduring allies.

France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu promised a "profound break" with the past on Wednesday as he faced the thorny ...

"The appointment of Sebastien Lecornu as France’s new Prime Minister is unlikely to resolve the internal political crisis. This is because Macron’s own authority is deeply mired in crisis," Slutsky ...