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The French president has also been criticised for his exchanges with residents in Mayotte after the island near Madagascar was devastated by cyclone Chido

President Emmanuel Macron faced accusations of racism Friday over an alleged comment on problems in French hospitals which the Elysee strongly denies he made.

French President Emmanuel Macron was on Friday weighing a long-awaited new government which includes fresh faces in almost all key posts and marks a shift to the right. The full line-up won't be announced today, Friday, but is due by Sunday following "final fine-tuning", Prime Minister Michel Barnier's office said.

Left-wing parties accuse Emmanuel Macron of stealing elections by choosing conservative to lead government

French media and some political opponents of freshly appointed Prime Minister Michel Barnier quickly dug up that, while serving in parliament in 1981, he had been among 155 lawmakers who voted against a law decriminalizing homosexuality.

By placating the far-right National Rally, Macron has given it credibility despite its election loss, say analysts.

France has had four ministers of education in the last two and a half years, and may well get another one under newly appointed Prime Minister Michel Barnier. In a country where the central government largely decides what happens in schools nationwide, the turnover has led to considerable uncertainty for…

France's new right-wing Prime Minister Michel Barnier started consulting all sides Friday to cobble together a government capable of mustering a majority in parliament after two months of political deadlock.

Michel Barnier, former EU Brexit negotiator, appointed as France's new prime minister after a stalemate in parliamentary elections.