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☆ Mayotte authorities fear hunger and disease after cyclone, as death toll rises in Mozambique
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Paris/Moroni Reuters —Authorities in Mayotte were racing on Tuesday to stop hunger, disease and lawlessness from spreading in the French overseas territory after the weekend’s devastating cyclone, while Mozambique reported dozens of deaths from the storm. Hundreds or even thousands could be dead in Mayotte, which took the strongest hit from Cyclone Chido, French officials have said. The storm laid waste to large parts of the archipelago off east Africa, France’s poorest overseas territory, before striking continental Africa. People stand amid uprooted trees and debris after cyclone Chido hit Mecufi district, Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, on December 16. UNICEF Mozambique via ReutersOther officials have said undocumented migrants may have been afraid to go to shelters for fear of being arrested.

Persons: Moroni, Ambdilwahedou Soumaila, ” Soumaila, Chido, Cabo, Emmanuel Macron, Bruno Retailleau, Retailleau, ”, “, Olivier Faure, Retailleau’s, Faure, Francois Bayrou Organizations: Moroni Reuters, Cyclone Chido, Radio France, Reuters, Republicans, UNICEF, Socialist, ” Locations: Mayotte, Mozambique, Africa, Securite, France, Malawi, Cabo Delgado, Comoros, Madagascar, Mecufi, UNICEF Mozambique, Pau

It is only the sixth time that a no confidence vote has been called in the country of 83 million people, Europe's most populous and the continent's largest economy. The confidence vote was needed because in post-World War II Germany, the constitution does not allow the Bundestag to dissolve itself. Scholz called the confidence vote after weeks of infighting with his coalition partners on a 2025 budget and Germany's future economic policy prior to Lindner's firing. However, it is unlikely the group would be able to govern because other parties have refused to align themselves to the far-right, despite Germany’s parliamentary system traditionally producing coalitions. Facing pressure from both the right and the left, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier resigned earlier this month after he lost a confidence vote which collapsed his government.

Persons: Olaf Scholz, Scholz, Christian Lindner, Lindner, Frank, Walter Steinmeier, Kallum Pickering, Peel Hunt, Pickering, Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Michel Barnier, Macron, François Bayrou, Barnier Organizations: Social Democratic, Bundestag, Free Democrats, environmentalist Green Party, Peel, CNBC, Reuters, Labour Party won, French Locations: Germany, Thuringia, France

☆ France's new prime minister gets a baptism of fire after surprise Moody's downgrade
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Francois Bayrou, France's incoming prime minister, during the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France, on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. Within hours of being appointed, France's new prime minister Francois Bayrou faced his first upset: the country's credit rating was downgraded by credit rating agency Moody's. The agency announced on Saturday that it was cutting France's rating to "Aa3" from "Aa2" with a stable outlook, citing concerns over "political fragmentation." Despite that, French President Emmanuel Macron installed conservative Michel Barnier as prime minister, prompting consternation among opposition parties on both sides of the political spectrum. Under pressure to appoint a successor quickly, Macron named his centrist ally Bayrou prime minister on Friday.

Persons: Francois Bayrou, Moody's, Emmanuel Macron, Michel Barnier, Macron, Bayrou Organizations: Traders, France's CAC, Democratic Movement Locations: Paris, France, —

☆ Cyclone Chido kills several in French territory of Mayotte before heading for Africa’s east coast
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Story Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Moroni, Comoros AP —Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage on the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, leaving several people dead, officials said Saturday, as the storm roared toward the east coast of Africa. French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said a “very provisional” tally shows there are at least “a few people” who have died. France’s poorest island, Mayotte has previously struggled with drought and underinvestment. French Transport Minister François Durovray said Mayotte airport was “badly damaged, particularly the control tower” by the cyclone in a message on X. In Zimbabwe, authorities said some people should prepare for evacuation.

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☆ At least 11 dead from Cyclone Chido in French territory of Mayotte, but figure could rise to ‘several hundred,’ official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( The Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

France rushed rescue teams and supplies to its largely poor overseas department in the Indian Ocean that has suffered widespread destruction. A photo taken on December 15, 2024, shows torn-off roofs of residential buildings after Cyclone Chido hit France's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. This photo provided December 15 by the French Army shows soldiers addressing the population in the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, after Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage with reports of several fatalities. This photo provided December 15 by the French Army shows soldiers removing fallen trees in the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, after Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage with reports of several fatalities. Cyclone Freddy left more than 1,000 dead across several countries in the Indian Ocean and southern Africa last year.

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French President Emmanuel Macron named centrist ally François Bayrou as France's new prime minister on Friday as he sought to steer the country out of political chaos following a no-confidence vote that toppled former Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government earlier this month. Francois Bayrou at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris. Barnier became France's shortest-serving prime minister after he was ousted just three months after Macron appointed him. The vote came amid mounting fury over Barnier's efforts to push through a controversial 2025 budget using a rarely deployed constitutional mechanism to circumvent parliamentary approval. While Barnier's ouster did not immediately affect Macron's position, his future as president is likely to fall under scrutiny if France's government were to collapse again.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, François Bayrou, Michel Barnier’s, Francois Bayrou, Dimitar Dilkoff, Barnier, Macron, Barnier's Organizations: Democratic Movement, Getty, National Assembly Locations: Paris, AFP, France

Paris CNN —France’s embattled President Emmanuel Macron has appointed centrist ally Francois Bayrou as prime minister, he announced on Friday, as he seeks to calm a political crisis that has left his authority dwindling by the day. Bayrou ran for president three times before rallying behind Macron in 2017. The 73-year old is the founder of the centrist Democratic Movement political party (MoDem), and mayor of the southwestern town of Pau. Barnier’s minority government collapsed after just three months as it attempted to pass a 2025 budget, which included €60 billion ($62.9 billion) worth of tax hikes. Bayrou will take on that challenge, but it is unclear whether his stint in office will prove more fruitful than his predecessor.

Persons: Paris CNN —, Emmanuel Macron, Francois Bayrou, Michel Barnier, Bayrou, Macron, … Organizations: Paris CNN, Democratic Movement Locations: Pau

☆ Macron Appoints François Bayrou as France’s New Prime Minister
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Aurelien Breeden | More About Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Emmanuel Macron of France appointed François Bayrou, one of his top centrist allies, as the new prime minister on Friday, as he struggles to bring the country’s protracted political turmoil and growing economic anxiety under control. Mr. Bayrou, who becomes France’s fourth prime minister this year — an ominous record — must form a cabinet capable of shepherding bills through a fractured, cantankerous lower house of Parliament. Most urgently, the new government will have to finalize an emergency budget by mid-December to avoid a shutdown of essential state services, although Mr. Macron’s opposition has suggested it would not stand in the way of such a measure. And Mr. Bayrou must do all this without being ousted. His predecessor, Michel Barnier was toppled along with his government by a no-confidence vote last week and forced to resign after just three months in office, breaking a record for the shortest-tenured government in modern French history.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, François Bayrou, Bayrou, Michel Barnier

☆ France's Macron names Francois Bayrou as new prime minister following political turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

FREJUS, FRANCE - 2023/05/03: The mayor of Pau François Bayrou is seen during the funeral of François Léotard. French politician and former Minister of Defense and Culture François Léotard died on April 25 at the age of 81. (Photo by Laurent Coust/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named Francois Bayrou his new prime minister as political uncertainty is expected to continue to weigh on the country's administration following the toppling of Michel Barnier's government last week. Bayrou marks the country's fourth prime minister this year after Barnier resigned on Dec. 5 in the wake of an historic no-confidence vote, which saw an unlikely alliance between opposition parties on the left and far right. Barnier had served in office for just shy of three months, succeeding Gabriel Attal — who in January became France's youngest prime minister in modern history — and Elisabeth Borne before him.

Persons: Pau François Bayrou, François Léotard, Laurent Coust, Emmanuel Macron, Francois Bayrou, Michel Barnier's, Barnier, Macron, —, Gabriel Attal —, Elisabeth Borne, Holly Ellyatt Organizations: of Defense, Getty Images, National Assembly, Front, CAC Locations: FREJUS, FRANCE, Pau François, French, Frejus, France

☆ France's political crisis just saw the government ousted — but Paris' problems have just begun
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Rather than marking the end of Paris' problems, however, the end of Barnier's short-lived premiership and government ushers in a new period of political turmoil and uncertainty in Paris, analysts and economists say. Marine Le Pen, president of National Rally, right, during a no-confidence debate at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. "President Emmanuel Macron will have to appoint a new prime minister, who will have to form a new government. Other names that have been mentioned as possible candidates include Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau and former Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. Portrait of France s Prime Minister Michel Barnier standing among the members of his government, applauded by his ministers and Macronist MPs.

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