France’s Power Brokers Jockey as Macron Seeks a Coalition

Political players aren’t the only ones jockeying to shape the shifting balance of power in a turbulent France.

The country’s business elite is courting the head of the Socialist party, Olivier Faure, who’s seen as a potential replacement for outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and whose party holds a pivotal swing vote in parliament. On Wednesday, Faure attended a dinner with France’s powerful business lobby AFEP, according to people familiar with the matter.