France edged closer to having a new government, more than two months after a hung election, as new Prime Minister Michel Barnier's office said he had pulled together a list of ministers he will submit to President Emmanuel Macron later on Thursday.

French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier Saturday, marked by a shift to the right 11 weeks after an inconclusive parliamentary election. The first major task for Barnier,

France’s new conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier formed his cabinet on Saturday, drawing ministers primarily from the centrist ranks of President Emmanuel Macron in a sign of the enduring sway of the French head of state over the government,

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has prepared a list of ministers for his new cabinet, which he will present to President Emmanuel Macron. This comes two weeks after Macron appointed him, following a complicated election that resulted in a hung parliament.

France’s new prime minister finally submitted a new government to Emmanuel Macron Thursday with the top post of interior ministry going to the Right-wing Republicans party.

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday sought to end months of political deadlock by submitting a proposed new cabinet to President Emmanuel Macron, featuring new faces in most of the key offices of state.