France mired in deadlock since president called snap elections which weakened his power and ended in a hung parliament

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that the days of France's new government are already numbered, predicting an early presidential election in a few months. In an interview with Le Parisien last week,

France’s far-right leader must decide whether to wreck things or play nice — while keeping the 2027 presidential election firmly in her sights.

The populist French leader is becoming increasingly emboldened as Emmanuel Macron faces increasing pressure to stand down

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday that she was preparing for an early presidential election, saying President Emmanuel Macron's time in office was all but over.

Ever since Xavier Bertrand's candidacy for the Ministry of Justice was first mooted, the Rassemblement National has voiced criticism of the man they consider to be one of their worst political enemies.

Bayrou, a 73-year-old stalwart of French centrism and one of President Emmanuel Macron’s earliest supporters, strong-armed Macron into appointing him last week. With this, France's fourth government in a year, he has promised to reconcile a divided country.

François Bayrou, the head of the centrist MoDem group, which is allied to Macron's party, was appointed on 13.

France’s new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s meeting with Marine Le Pen on Monday left the far-right leader “more positive” on his method, even if she said it wasn’t clear yet if the talks were useful.

French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government Monday evening, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister in an effort to address the country's deep political crisis, after a historic parliamentary vote ousted the previous government last week (AP Video: Marine Lesprit).

France is in a constitutional crisis, in economically difficult circumstances (it suffered another debt downgrade this weekend).