France edged closer to having a new government, more than two months after a hung election, as new Prime Minister Michel Barnier's office said he had pulled together a list of ministers he will submit to President Emmanuel Macron later on Thursday.

Before appointing Barnier, Macron rejected the left-wing alliance’s proposed candidate for prime minister, Lucie Castets. Barnier’s cabinet, if approved, would mark a shift to the right from the previ

France’s new prime minister finally submitted a new government to Emmanuel Macron Thursday with the top post of interior ministry going to the Right-wing Republicans party. The French president’s loyalists picked up many of the remaining positions in a move that enraged the opposition Left-wing alliance that came first in July snap elections.

Two weeks after his appointment, France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier has completed the tough process of forming a government. On Thursday

Michel Barnier has become France’s favourite political figure, according to a surprise new poll, in a boost to the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator two weeks after president Emmanuel Macron appointed him prime minister.

President Emmanuel Macron named Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister Thursday, hoping the Brexit negotiator and veteran conservative can work with France's bitterly divided legislature to end political turmoil that has roiled Macron's presidency.