Jordan Bardella gropes through the chaos of the French far right
The 29-year-old president of the RN has no links to the party’s dark past or to the Le Pen surname other than being Marine’s protégé
Marine Le Pen: ‘The conviction violates the rule of law’
The leader of the National Rally, banned for running from office for five years for embezzlement of EU funds, denounces a ‘political decision’
The far right is moving closer to the old dream of a ‘nationalist international’
Christian groups and think tanks are weaving together a network with nodes in Washington and Budapest. Meanwhile, Madrid is gaining importance as a bridge to far-right movements in Latin America
Marine Le Pen: ‘I am deeply Euroskeptic; the way the EU works is anti-democratic and anti-national’
The leader of France’s far-right National Rally, facing a court sentence that could ban her from seeking public office, warns in an interview with EL PAÍS that she will seek a no-confidence vote against the government again if the newly appointed prime minister ignores her party’s demands
France’s leftist leader Mélenchon: ‘Macron cannot endure 30 months of appointing governments every three months’
The head of La France Insoumise says they will keep using no-confidence votes against the French president, whom he accuses of ignoring the result of the election and of sinking the country into crisis
Michel Barnier, France’s most fleeting prime minister
The veteran politician overestimated his own ability to reach deals in a devilishly complicated political situation. Both the left and the far right were on a mission to hunt him down in order to punish President Macron
The women of the reactionary wave: ‘What’s wrong with being submissive?’
The BBC documentary ‘America’s New Female Right’ profiles three activists and influencers playing a role in the war against feminism, immigration and LGBTQ+ rights. It does little to help understand the social and electoral wave that is beating back progress
Femonationalism in Europe: How the far right disguises xenophobia as freedom
The strategy of instrumentalizing the fight for women’s equality to promote xenophobic policies is spreading in countries such as France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain
Video | The moment Paris knew the left was set to win the French elections
Crowds in the French capital were euphoric when they received the realized that the leftist New Popular Front was projected to be the winner
France stops the far right
The mobilization against Le Pen has given victory to the left in the second round of the legislative elections, followed by Macron’s party. The National Rally, which was the favorite, remains as the third-biggest force
Jordan Bardella accelerates the path to power of France’s far right
The 28-year-old candidate to be prime minister has completed the process of ‘de-demonization’ of the National Rally initiated by its leader, Marine Le Pen, more than a decade ago. The results of the first round of voting for the French National Assembly on Sunday puts the party closer than ever to government
French voters propel far-right National Rally to strong lead in first-round legislative elections
President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Gabriel Attal urged voters to rally against the far right in the second round next Sunday
In Mbappé's ‘banlieue,’ where the message against the far-right resounds but does not always convince
In the streets of Bondy, one of the poorest towns in the country on the outskirts of Paris where the France captain grew up, lack of interest in the legislative elections is palpable
French sports stars call on public to vote against the far right in legislative elections
Almost 200 public figures signed a manifesto in ‘L’Équipe.’ The vice president of Marine Le Pen’s party responded to the the captain of Les Bleus: ‘I like Mbappé as a player, but I don’t expect him to give me lessons in politics’
Abandon all partisanship, ye Europeanists who enter here
The new post-election scenario makes European construction more complex. The pro-European parties must put aside their sectarian calculations and prioritize the common project instead
Spies, agents of influence and disinformation: Russia redoubles its operations ahead of the European elections
A coordinated investigation between several countries into a Russian network that allegedly paid far-right MEPs has raised the alarm in the EU
Portugal’s center-right wins an election but surging populists want a say in the government
Results published after votes from abroad were counted to decide the last four lawmakers from the March 10 balloting gave the Democratic Alliance a final tally of 80 seats in the 230-seat National Assembly
Valérie Hayer, the daughter of farmers who will lead Europe’s liberals amid turbulent times for the countryside
The French member of the European Parliament has been elected president of Renew, the centrist bloc most threatened by the rise of the extreme right before the June elections
Macron moves against lame duck syndrome with appointment of Gabriel Attal
At a time when French politics is showing signs of stagnation, the appointment of the new prime minister is a coup
A year of crises for Macron: Pension reform, protests in the banlieues and the immigration law
The French president opens 2024 with fractures within his government and the challenge of defeating the far right in the European elections in June
Do tough immigration policies represent a victory for the extreme right, or are they the antidote to extremism?
New deportation laws in the EU and debates about immigration in the United Kingdom and the United States will mark the 2024 election calendar. Nationalists and populists appear to be advancing their agenda in the West
Macron’s controversial immigration law gets passed despite rare internal dissent
The bill received favorable votes in parliament from the far-right National Rally, putting France’s centrist president in an uncomfortable position
There’s no extremist wave hitting democracies: it’s a steady undercurrent
The electoral victories of Geert Wilders in the Netherlands and Javier Milei in Argentina are the latest episodes in a phenomenon that started with Trump and reflects lasting social changes
Testosterone and its metaphors
Contrary to what history dictates, political power is better in women’s hands. But it’s not just political power; economic power can also be part of the conversation
Milei’s denialism of the dictatorship fails to garner support in Argentine barracks
The current military, trained under democracy, has distanced itself from the rhetoric promoted by the far-right presidential candidate and his running mate Victoria Villarruel
Paris museum seeks to tell the story of how immigration shaped modern France
The new exhibition at the French National Immigration History Museum, which reopened in June, seeks to provoke reflection on French identity in a context of the rise of the extreme right
‘Preferendum:’ Macron’s innovative solution to move France beyond political crisis
The French president met with the leaders of opposition parties in search of specific agreements and proposed a series of referendums with multiple questions