BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 13. President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Francois Bayrou as the new Prime Minister of France, Trend reports.
According to the information, he is instructed to form the government.
To note, centrist Francois Bayrou is the leader of the "Democratic Movement" party.
Bayrou held two ministerial posts: from 1993 through 1997 he was Minister of Education, and in 2017 he was Minister of Justice.
On December 4, the French National Assembly passed a no-confidence motion against the government of former Prime Minister Michel Barnier. The motion received the support of 331 deputies, surpassing the required majority of 289 votes out of 577.