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Marine Le Pen

Marine Le Pen courts France’s elite, rattling the far right’s old guard

Party leaders dismiss talk of internal strains and credit its rise to Marine Le Pen’s years-long effort to “de-demonise” the movement. 
Party leaders dismiss talk of internal strains and credit its rise to Marine Le Pen’s years-long effort to “de-demonise” the movement. 

Poll shows main rival of French far-right in presidential election could lose mayor seat

Edouard Philippe, Mayor of Le Havre and leader of French political party Horizons (HOR) and Member of parliament Paul Christophe, president of the Horizons & Independants parliamentary group, arrive for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, on the day France expects the nomination of a new prime minister, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 10, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
Edouard Philippe, Mayor of Le Havre and leader of French political party Horizons (HOR) and Member of parliament Paul Christophe, president of the Horizons & Independants parliamentary group, arrive for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, on the day France expects the nomination of a new prime minister, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 10, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

Trump's US is not an ally of France, says French presidential hopeful

FILE PHOTO: Raphael Glucksmann, co-President of French center-left party Place publique (PP) political party, attends a debate on ecological transition and environmental issues during the World Impact Summit in Paris, France, February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Raphael Glucksmann, co-President of French center-left party Place publique (PP) political party, attends a debate on ecological transition and environmental issues during the World Impact Summit in Paris, France, February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

French Court set to rule on Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement appeal on July 7

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen returning from a break in her appeal hearing in Paris on Feb 11.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen returning from a break in her appeal hearing in Paris on Feb 11.

French prosecutors seek public office ban for Le Pen but leave door open to presidential bid

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, member of parliament for the Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, leaves a hearing during which civil parties will be heard and prosecutors will present their sentencing request in her appeal trial, alongside the RN party itself and 10 others defendants found guilty of diverting European Parliament funds, at the Paris courthouse on the Ile de la Cite, in Paris, France. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, member of parliament for the Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, leaves a hearing during which civil parties will be heard and prosecutors will present their sentencing request in her appeal trial, alongside the RN party itself and 10 others defendants found guilty of diverting European Parliament funds, at the Paris courthouse on the Ile de la Cite, in Paris, France. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

French prosecutors to request bans from office in far-right leader Le Pen appeal trial

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen risks the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of one million euro if her appeal fails.
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen risks the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of one million euro if her appeal fails.

French PM Lecornu survives no-confidence vote over forced budget

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu delivers a speech during a debate before votes on two no-confidence motions against the French government, one tabled by members of parliament of La France Insoumise (France Unbowed - LFI) allied with the Greens and the Communists, and an other one tabled by the Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) and the UDR (the Union des Droites), after the use by French government of the article 49.3, a special clause in the French Constitution, to push the first part of the budget bill for 2026 (PLF 2026) through the National Assembly without a vote by lawmakers, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 23, 2026. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu delivers a speech during a debate before votes on two no-confidence motions against the French government, one tabled by members of parliament of La France Insoumise (France Unbowed - LFI) allied with the Greens and the Communists, and an other one tabled by the Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) and the UDR (the Union des Droites), after the use by French government of the article 49.3, a special clause in the French Constitution, to push the first part of the budget bill for 2026 (PLF 2026) through the National Assembly without a vote by lawmakers, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, January 23, 2026. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political fate hangs in the balance as appeal begins

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was in March 2025 handed a five-year ban from holding public office, with immediate effect.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was in March 2025 handed a five-year ban from holding public office, with immediate effect.

France denies ‘false information’ it plans to cede Pacific islands, after Le Pen repost on X

Far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen reposted on X an article speculating that the two islands could be ceded to Vanuatu.
Far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen reposted on X an article speculating that the two islands could be ceded to Vanuatu.

US envoy Charles Kushner asked to meet France’s Sarkozy in jail, court says

US Ambassador to France Charles Kushner (left) is the father of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Mr Jared Kushner.
US Ambassador to France Charles Kushner (left) is the father of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Mr Jared Kushner.

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