The Latest Breaking News from Emmanuel Macron

French left-wingers attacked President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday after he called for a broad coalition government, demanding that their parliamentary bloc should propose a prime minister.

President Joe Biden called his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, "President Putin," but quickly corrected himself, and Zelensky promptly made light of the gaffe, saying, "I am better than Putin." But the momentary lapse quickly revived memories of Biden's debate two weeks earlier against Trump.

French union leader calls for mass strikes to pressure Macron after election results. Macron delays new prime minister appointment.

Emmanuel Macron is in denial about the result of France’s snap election, leader of the CGT union says

The French government, under EU pressure for overspending, said Thursday it needed a total of 25 billion euros in budgetary cuts this year to keep its promise of getting deficits back under control.

PM to hold bilateral talks at Chequers next week when European leaders will also gather for summit at Blenheim Palace

No single force won Sunday's second-round vote outright, though a broad alliance of Socialists, Communists, Greens and the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) won the most seats, with 193 in the 577-strong National Assembly.

French President Macron delays prime minister selection until 'Republican' majority established in National Assembly following inconclusive legislative ele...

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on mainstream parties to join forces to form a solid majority in the National Assembly, in his first public comments since Sunday's snap election delivered a hung parliament. The left-wing NFP alliance, which won the most seats, has called for the will of the…

The left-wing alliance of the New Popular Front, which came first in the legislative elections with 182 seats, is holding meetings to try to agree on a candidate for prime minister and the broad outlines of a government programme. Meanwhile, Marine Le Pen has promised that her far-right National Rally…

Marine Le Pen on Wednesday said her far-right National Rally party’s accession to power was only "postponed", despite its third-place finish in the July 7 second round of the legislative elections. Although the party elected a record number of deputies to the National Assembly, its weaknesses were also exposed during…