With PM, Merkel, new French leader wastes no time

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron is set to name a prime minister and visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a busy first full day in office on Monday.

The 39-year-old centrist leader laid out his ambitious plans as he took power on Sunday, promising to restore France's shattered self-confidence and help rebuild the flagging European Union.

The former investment banker said he wanted to convince people that France was "at the dawn of an extraordinary renaissance".