By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -In a 2018 interview with Fox News ahead of his first state visit to the United States, a fresh-faced President Emmanuel Macron was asked whether he might back down on reforms amid fierce domestic opposition.

France’s latest political crisis has eased, for now. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu narrowly survived a no-confidence vote on Thursday, averting another government collapse and giving President Emmanuel Macron a brief respite before an even tougher fight over the national budget.

This, of course, was Charles de Gaulle’s campaign in 1958 for a Fifth Republic. The words were uttered by Paul Reynaud, who headed the consultative committee that drafted a new constitution, which de Gaulle put to a referendum that year.

France can’t afford to fixate on short-term fiscal challenges and must find credible solutions for reducing its deficit, according to the country’s central-bank chief.

PARIS -- PARIS (AP) — With his government hanging by a thread, France’s newly reappointed prime minister must make concessions to his political opponents to avoid a no-confidence vote later this week, as the country struggles to end a lingering political crisis.

Signing for Ospreys is a homecoming for Moriarty, the son of former Swansea back-row Paul who grew up in the city and took his first steps in rugby with the region's academy before forging his professional career at Gloucester. "It's quite funny that I've come full circle," he said.

On Oct. 16, 1793, following her conviction for treason, French Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, was beheaded on the Place de la Revolution.

France’s newly reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu named a new government Sunday, as he faces pressure to urgently produce a budget and quell political turmoil that is scaring businesses and staining the country’s image.

The axing of the 2023 reform — which would have seen the retirement age raised from 62 to 64 — will cost millions of euros.