Why did French President Macron pick François Bayrou as France's next PM?

The mayor of the southwestern town of Pau and leader of the centrist MoDem party will have the difficult task of passing France's 2025 budget plan

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00:00French President Emmanuel Macron named centrist ally François Beyrou as the country's new

00:08prime minister after MPs voted to oust the previous government under Michel Barnier last

00:14week.

00:15But will he be able to avoid the fate of his predecessor?

00:18François Beyrou can survive a motion of censure because there are two parameters.

00:24The 73-year-old politician is now tasked with the complex goal of forming a new government

00:31in a few weeks.

00:32The 73-year-old politician is now tasked with the complex goal of forming a new government

00:55in a few weeks.