The far-right leader was sentenced, at the end of March, to a five-year ban on running for office. She has appealed. Two ...

Could the National Rally retaliate in parliament by attempting to bring down the fragile coalition government?

For generations, Marine Le Pen’s family have held the reins of France’s nationalist party. Now Le Pen must decide whether to fight for her political future or make way for a successor.

France's Le Pen convicted of graft ... supported far-right German party celebrating historic election gains Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French far right, dies aged 96 Far right wins first ...

After years trying to moderate her party’s image, the far-right leader, convicted of embezzlement, now voices Trump-like ...

Le Pen vows to pursue presidency despite ban over embezzlement conviction. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Donald Trump has demanded that France “free” far-right leader Marine Le Pen as he labelled her ban from running for office a “witch hunt”.

The judges who convicted the far-right would-be presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of embezzlement have received threats and are under protection.

The head of France’s biggest far-right party had her 2027 presidential dreams most likely squashed after she was barred from running for office for 5 years.

Since the party’s creation in 1972, the National Rally has always been led by either Le Pen or her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died earlier this year. Recent polling had indicated that Le Pen ...

PARIS (AP) — For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising. She stripped the French far right of its old symbols, sanded down its roughest edges and built in its ...

Bardella has positioned himself strongly to run as the party’s candidate (should it choose him) for the 2027 presidential elections.