Macron Is Running Out of Viable Prime Ministers for France

French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking a fifth prime minister in less than two years to tackle the country’s debt problems and there are no obvious candidates with a decent chance of success.

Francois Bayrou, a centrist with a long history of doing business with rival parties, will resign on Tuesday, nine months into the job, after failing to win support for his deficit-cutting plans from a National Assembly fractured into uncompromising factions. Bayrou had replaced Michel Barnier, a veteran of the center-right, who also resigned after losing a no-confidence vote in December.