François Bairou is the new prime minister of France

And his name is François Bayrou. The French President Emmanuel Macron announced from the Elysee the name of the new prime minister of France.

François Bairou and Emmanuel Macron had a meeting earlier today (13/12/24) for an hour and 45 minutes and it even caused an impression that Bairou left without making any statements while some French media even reported that the meeting was not in good atmosphere

“The President of the Republic appointed Mr. Francois Bayrou and instructed him to form a government,” according to a statement from the Elysee Palace. The MoDem leader, the head of state’s main ally and a centrist figure, will have the difficult task of forming a government capable of surviving the threat of impeachment by a National Assembly without a majority bloc and passing a budget that France lacks on of the present for 2025.

The President of the Republic appointed Mr. François Bayrou Prime Minister, and tasked him with forming a government.

— Élysée (@Elysee) December 13, 2024

And immediately the instruments began: the President of the National Alarm, Jordan Bardela, called on the new prime minister to “take into account the new political situation” and to “hear that he does not have democratic legitimacy or a majority in the National Assembly, which presupposes a dialogue with all the forces represented in Parliament”.

The new governing group is expected to replace the one led by Michel Barnier, who resigned last week after far-right and left-wing lawmakers voted against his government, plunging France into its second major political crisis in six months.