Marine Le Pen

Progressive political forces are increasingly taking the message away from the far right, posting recent victories in New York, the Netherlands and Ireland

The conservative politician, the first former head of state to be incarcerated since World War II, has been sentenced to five years for conspiracy in a case involving campaign financing from Libya

The man who ruled France from 2012 until 2017, still a Socialist Party heavyweight, celebrates the suspension of the pension reform and praises his party’s refusal to remove Prime Minister Lecornu: ‘We are, once again, a governing force’ 

The renowned consultant, businessman and writer believes that the best way to end the crisis would be for the head of state, whom he considers ‘unworthy’ of the office he holds, to resign 

Francis’ positions on immigration, history, the economy, and the environment, and his refusal to place the Church at the service of cultural wars, made him enemies on the right

Well known for his role as the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, the veteran politician urges Europe not to panic and to stand firm against threats from a US president who is ‘surrounded by billionaires and speculators’

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

The leader of the National Rally, banned for running from office for five years for embezzlement of EU funds, denounces a ‘political decision’

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

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

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

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 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

Crowds in the French capital were euphoric when they received the realized that the leftist New Popular Front was projected to be the winner

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

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

President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Gabriel Attal urged voters to rally against the far right in the second round next Sunday

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

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’

A coordinated investigation between several countries into a Russian network that allegedly paid far-right MEPs has raised the alarm in the EU

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

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

At a time when French politics is showing signs of stagnation, the appointment of the new prime minister is a coup