New French prime minister Jean Castex vowed on Friday to place ecological issues at the heart of his government’s revamp of a country emerging from an economic crisis caused by the coronavirus ...

Jean Castex has his work cut out. The new French prime minister has to see the nation safely through the uncertain future of the Covid-19 epidemic. He will have to ensure that the economic impact of ...

PARIS, March 12 (Reuters) - France is to introduce a rebate of 0.15 euros ($0.16) per litre of transport fuel to help drivers cope with soaring pump prices, Prime Minister Jean Castex said in an ...

PARIS — Emmanuel Macron appointed low-profile conservative Jean Castex as his prime minister on Friday, in a move that means the French president is effectively betting the house on himself. In ...

Yesterday, in a perfunctory ceremony reshuffling the government, French President Emmanuel Macron named Jean Castex to replace Édouard Philippe as prime minister. Castex, a member of the right-wing ...