There were plenty of friendly words at the annual summit of the six Western Balkan nations and the European Union in Brussels this week — but still no specific dates for potential accession.

She’s fantastic. She’s a fantastic leader and a person,” Donald Trump said of the woman set to be his European interlocutor.

Kiwibank predicts growth in 2025, record migrant numbers leave NZ. French President Emmanuel Macron today named centrist Francois Bayrou as Prime Minister, handing him the daunting task of hauling ...

PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist François Bayrou as prime minister, handing him the daunting task of hauling France out of months of political crisis.

PARIS (AP) — 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 ...

Emmanuel Macron, the French president, and Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, have appeared to mock Donald Trump’s handshake. The pair met in Warsaw this week, days after a summit between ...

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French President Emmanuel Macron appointed François Bayrou as prime minister on Friday, tasking the veteran centrist with leading the country out of its second major political crisis in the past ...

French president Emmanuel Macron has named his centrist ally, François Bayrou, to be the next prime minister. AP French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist ally François Bayrou as ...

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday (Dec 13) named Francois Bayrou his third prime minister of 2024, tasking the veteran centrist with steering the country out of its second major ...

The centrist leader met with President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace early this morning to formalize his appointment. Macron's office said in a statement that Bayrou "has been charged ...