In a bid to end political turmoil, France's president named Francois Bayrou prime minister. One lawmaker likened France's crisis to a 'bad movie.'

The new prime minister, a Macron ally, must try to assemble a government, regain control of France’s deficit and satisfy warring political factions.

French President Emmanuel Macron appointed centrist Pau Mayor François Bayrou, 73, on Friday to be the country’s next prime minister. As the head of the Democratic Movement party and one of Macron’s closest allies, Bayrou takes the helm at a time when paralysis continues to plague Paris’s National Assembly.