It’s one of those ruthless little steps that French politics seems to live off nowadays. On Friday, January 24, hard-line ...

If they are found guilty , Le Pen could face a five-year ban from public office just as she appears to be on the cusp of presidency with her former rival centrist President Emmanuel Macron flounde ...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she aims to lead France as the president of a "non-aligned" power but insisted she ...

Meanwhile, public support for Marine Le Pen continues to grow, as she cements her place as one of the favourites to succeed Macron as President in the 2027 elections. The Ipsos poll showed she ...

and in 2024 the National Rally backed Macron’s bill restricting immigration, an embarrassment for the French president. Voters in successively increasing numbers embraced Marine Le Pen’s right ...

Now, Le Pen, despite being embroiled in a damaging trial, appears the de facto kingmaker, supplying the votes Macron’s government needs to survive in a fractured parliament. The death of Jean ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of France’s main postwar far-right movement, was buried Saturday in a private ceremony in his ...

President Emmanuel Macron described Le Pen as a 'historic figure of the far right' and said that 'history will judge' his impact on France's political landscape. Macron's political nemesis Marine ...

French President Emmanuel Macron described Jean-Marie Le Pen as a "historic figure of the far right", adding that "history will judge" his role in the country's political life.

Marine Le Pen twice ran for president and reached the second round, losing to centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron. In 2022, she received 41.5% of the vote in the second round, significantly ...

Francois Bayrou, French prime minister, described Le Pen as a “fighter” and “Figure of French political life.” Emanuel Macron, the French president, did not make a personal comment.

The press office of yet another centrist — in this case, President Emmanuel Macron — revealed to those who had been asleep since the 1950s, that Le Pen “played a public role in our country ...