Marine Le Pen
Macron grasps for right tone after teen stabbing
The French president’s delicate balancing act isn’t assuaging concerns about public safety.
Beer-soaked nationalist rally in rural France turns into Marine Le Pen love-fest
Macron dissolved the French parliament a year ago. How will he surprise us again?
French far-right lawmakers accused of joining racist content-filled Facebook group
French court strips Marine Le Pen of her local mandate
France’s historic parties vie for return to two-party politics
Between a smack and a hard place — Poland votes, Orbán provokes, and Brussels shows its teeth
Marine Le Pen fights for spotlight after heir Jordan Bardella’s promising polling
In just a few weeks, Jordan Bardella has risen from potential Plan B to France’s most likely presidential candidate.
Furious Macron dressed down ministers after botched leak of Muslim Brotherhood report
The tirade was a clear warning to Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.
Yellow hat revolt: Inside France’s rural rising
With rural discontent growing, Marine Le Pen’s far-right party sees an opportunity ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
French interior minister wins leadership of top conservative party
Bruno Retailleau has become a well-known figure in French politics since joining the government in September.
Bruno Retailleau: From medieval role player to French presidential hopeful
France’s interior minister wants to turn his center-right party back into a heavyweight political force.
The winners and losers from Europe’s largest party’s big bash
With the dust settling on the EPP congress, we take a look at who’s up and who’s down in the EU’s most powerful grouping.
The billionaire who wants to Make France Great Again
Pierre-Édouard Stérin is hoping to use his financial firepower to remold French politics in line with his conservative ideals.
France’s Bardella confirms 2027 presidential bid if Le Pen is barred
Front-runner Marine Le Pen may be banned from running in 2027 after being found guilty of embezzlement.
Bardella fights to put aide on European Parliament payroll — despite Le Pen scandal
National Rally president wants to hire his chief of staff as a part-time assistant in his capacity as an MEP.
Former French PM considers return to combat ‘neoimperialism’
Dominique de Villepin is enjoying unprecedented popularity, more than a decade after he was last in power.
France’s Fifth Republic is on the ropes
The eligibility ban on presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen and the market-wrecking tariffs of U.S. President Trump are just the latest challenges roiling Emmanuel Macron’s second term.
French far right floats toppling government in wake of Le Pen verdict
Threats against Bayrou are increasing a week after Le Pen was effectively banned from running for president.
Le Pen’s ‘Save Democracy’ rally after guilty verdict falls short of expectations
The French far right has framed the verdict against Le Pen as an attack on democracy — but was unable to attract a large crowd to a rally of support on Sunday.
France’s Bayrou accuses Trump of ‘interference’ with Le Pen rant
French prime minister also says Trump’s trade war will cut France’s economic growth by more than 0.5 percentage point.
‘FREE MARINE LE PEN!’ Trump lodges defense of convicted French far-right icon
U.S. president says the embezzlement case on which France’s right-wing figurehead was found guilty sounds “like a ‘bookkeeping’ error to me.”
Beautiful beef: Le Pen, Varoufakis and the horseshoe theory of politics
What do Marine Le Pen, Yanis Varoufakis and Donald Trump have in common? More than you’d think. In this episode of EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton breaks …
Jordan Bardella: So close to becoming French president — and yet so far
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s reaction to being found guilty of embezzlement only harms her protégé’s chances.
Trump tariffs put Europe’s far-right leaders in a bind
MAGA’s biggest cheerleaders struggle to justify “Make America Wealthy Again” measures.
Italy’s Meloni struggles to hold her coalition together
The Italian prime minister has kept her government surprisingly intact for years — but pressure is building as Donald Trump pushes Europe to pick sides.
Bayrou’s government is one step away from collapse
Unresolved grievances continue to threaten the survival of France’s minority government.