(FILES) President of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) party and mayor of Pau Francois Bayrou arrives at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris on August 23, 2024, to meet France's President who convene party leaders for consultations, in a bid to break political deadlock and form a government following snap elections. President Emmanuel Macron named on December 13, 2024 centrist leader Francois Bayrou as his new Prime minister, the presidency said, handing him the task of hauling France out of months of political crisis. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)