Emmanuel Macron has appointed Francois Bayrou as France’s new prime minister following Michel Barnier’s resignation.
Mr Bayrou, a centrist politician, met with the French President at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Friday morning.
The appointment comes after the previous Prime Minister Michel Barnier failed to force through a budget.
He then lost a vote of no confidence, forcing Mr Macron to form a new government.
The defeat was historic as it was the first time a French government had lost a confidence vote since 1962.
Mr Barnier had only been in the role for three months, making him the the shortest-serving prime minister in France’s modern history.
France has been in a state of political deadlock for months. Mr Macron tried to break this in June when he called a snap parliamentary election.
However, the result only reinforced the impasse as the left-wing New Popular Front alliance became the biggest party but no party was able to secure a majority.
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