French President Francois Hollande named veteran Socialist parliamentary leader and Germany-expert Jean-Marc Ayrault as prime minister on Tuesday, an appointment which may help smooth negotiations ...

Hollande said a new central agency would fight fraud and corruption. Earlier the French Socialist government set a deadline of 15 April for ministers to declare their assets, as part of the new ...

“The word ‘suspension’ fools no one,” Prime Minister François Bayrou said, addressing French senators and mounting what was his second sharp criticism of the administration of U.S ...