France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier has completed the difficult task of forming a government and is expected to present the composition of the future cabinet to President Emmanuel Macron this evening,

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has a higher approval rating than President Emmanuel Macron as he works to form a new government, according to a poll by Ipsos.

Newly appointed French leader faces an uphill battle to form a government with a fragmented parliament, an unhappy left wing, and a far right that wields key influence.

President Emmanuel Macron’s newly picked prime minister wasted no time in putting a pointed distance between himself and France’s beleaguered leader.

France’s newly appointed prime minister, Michel Barnier, said he’ll put forward names for his cabinet next week as France looks to ease out of months of political turmoil.

The name of the former chief EU Brexit negotiator would raise a nod of recognition in many British households (for good or ill). In France, Barnier was a peripheral right-wing politician. His appointment has nothing to do with Brexit and everything to do with the state of French politics since president Emmanuel Macron’s bewildering decision in June to dissolve the National Assembly and call parliamentary elections.

France's new conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier announced that a new government will be formed next week. Barnier, appointed by President Emmanuel Macron, is consulting candidates for ministries in a politically divided parliament.