French President Emmanuel Macron announced he would be appointing centrist Francois Bayrou as the country’s new prime minister, after the last government fell apart last week.

The National Assembly voted no confidence in Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government earlier this month, after gridlock in the chamber over passing a 2025 budget for the country. Macron announced Bayrou’s appointment Friday and asked him to form a government.

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