French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has a higher approval rating than President Emmanuel Macron as he works to form a new government, according to a poll by Ipsos.

President Emmanuel Macron’s newly picked prime minister wasted no time in putting a pointed distance between himself and France’s beleaguered leader.

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Wednesday that he will form his new government next week, potentially capping one period of political uncertainty ahead of a likely fight over the 2025 budget.

Barnier, the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator, has become France’s new prime minister, ending two months of stalemate following inconclusive parliamentary elections.

France's new conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier announced that a new government will be formed next week. Barnier, appointed by President Emmanuel Macron, is consulting candidates for ministries in a politically divided parliament.

France's newly-appointed right-wing prime minister, a former minister and the EU's head Brexit negotiator, has promised he would be 'listening to everybody' in composing a government amid a fractured political scene.

France’s newly appointed prime minister, Michel Barnier, said he’ll put forward names for his cabinet next week as France looks to ease out of months of political turmoil.

In France, the deadlock around the formation of a government has been broken with the appointment of veteran politician Michel Barnier as prime minister.