François Bayrou is out, and President Emmanuel Macron now faces the same problem four prime ministers have failed to solve.

France's President Emmanuel Macron must search for a fourth prime minister in 12 months after Prime Minister François Bayrou was ousted.

François Bayrou forced to resign after just nine months, leaving President Macron without solution to rising national debt

France’s government has collapsed again, forcing President Emmanuel Macron to find a new leader amid concerns over the national debt. 

By JOHN LEICESTER, Associated PressPARIS (AP) — Legislators toppled France’s government in a confidence vote on Monday, a new crisis for Eu...

Legislators toppled France's government in a confidence vote, a new crisis for Europe's second-largest economy. Prime Minister François Bayr...

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation, Ambassador Ismail Al-Mutawakkil, met today with UNICEF’s Resident Represen...

The confidence vote is set to take place later this afternoon with the results expected with the results likely to come in around 1500 GMT o...

Less than a year after taking office, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday that he would step down from the country’s top...

Prime Minister Bayrou has failed to win over enough opposition lawmakers to his proposals to make around 44 billion euros ($51.3 billion) in...

PARIS (AP) — France risks losing its third prime minister in 12 months on Monday, with incumbent François Bayrou facing a parliamentary conf...

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose with Japan’s benchmark jumping higher in Monday morning trading, despite the looming political uncerta...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took office in October.

Potential successors include one-time Shigeru Ishiba rival Sanae Takaichi and Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi.

Ishiba had faced calls for his resignation after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party failed to secure a majority in the lower house election...