In his first comments since the controversial court ruling to ban longstanding rival Marine Le Pen from the next presidential election, French President Emmanuel Macron rejected accusations that the country’s judicial system is biased.
The controversial move to ban National Rally leader Marine Le Pen from standing in the French presidential election has been accused of demonstrating double standards, with reports claiming that over a hundred other European politicians violated the same rules without facing prosecution.
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen’s prospect of continuing her bid to become the next president of France in 2027 was given a boost as the Paris Court of Appeal said it will look to decide whether to uphold or scrap the ban on her from elections by next year.
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen has vowed to fight a Paris court’s decision to ban her from standing in the upcoming presidential election, accusing the judiciary of acting politically and attempting to undermine the people’s sovereignty.
A Paris court ruled Monday that National Rally leader Marine Le Pen will be ineligible to run for public office for five years, likely including in the upcoming presidential race, after being found guilty of embezzlement of European Union funds.
The French government survived two motions of no-confidence launched by the far left, giving the Macronist establishment in Paris a brief reprieve from political disaster.
French Prime Minister François Bayrou has acknowledged that the country is on the precipice of being “submerged” by mass migration, as a senior advisor to his government has admitted that the country has “lost control of immigration”.
President of the populist National Rally party Jordan Bardella predicted that fresh elections in France are “inevitable” this year, arguing that only the public can break the political log jam in the country.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the controversial former leader of the French National Front party, member of the European Parliament, and patriarch of the Le Pen political family dynasty, has died at the age of 96.
Marine Le Pen said that she is preparing for the possibility of an early presidential election in France as Emmanuel Macron looks to be running out of options to effectively govern the nation.
Macron held meetings at the Élysée Palace with liberal and leftist party leaders in an attempt to craft a coherent governing coalition in the National Assembly, which has been mired in an effective three-way split since his foolhardy decision to call for snap legislative elections in July.
What is happening and why? Collision between the Constitution and politics leaving France with all appearances of having become ungovernable.
In a national address following the historic collapse of his government, President Emmanuel Macron attempted to shirk responsibility for the political chaos in Paris and vowed to stay on until the end of his term despite growing calls for his resignation.
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed that he will not resign no matter the result of the planned no confidence vote in Prime Minister Michel Barnier, which is likely to collapse the second Macronist government this year.
The French government is likely headed toward collapse this week after Marine Le Pen’s National Rally confirmed that it would join with the left on a motion of no confidence after Prime Minister Michel Barnier attempted to push through financial austerity measures through without a vote in the parliament.
The three month old government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier in France has apparently failed to win the trust of the public, with a survey finding that a majority of the French people would back a no confidence vote to bring down the government.
The president of France’s populist National Rally party expressed his support for former President Donald Trump, praising the Republican candidate for his devotion to “patriotism” and his commitment to putting his country’s people first.
Scion to the Le Pen family political dynasty Marion Maréchal launched a new political party this week entitled “Identity-Liberties” as she vows to confront the spread of wokism, mass migration, and the Islamisation of her homeland of France and at the EU level.
The attempt by the left-wing New Popular Front bloc failed to bring down French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s recently installed government.
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy declared that France needs to “change everything” in how it handles the “problem” of immigration.
Marine Le Pen declared that “nothing” will stop her as she faces a trial that could bar her from running in the next presidential election.
Prime Minister Michel Barnier has announced President Emmanuel Macron’s new government in France, which will represent a continuity establishment cabinet after months of deadlock.
France’s new government is already besieged as the leftist New Popular Front has promised to “do everything” to take down the government.
Top Eurocrat Michel Barnier is the new French Prime Minister, appointed 60 days after Macron’s disastrous snap election.
French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out selecting a member of the far-left New Popular Front as his next prime minister, despite having partnered with the leftist bloc in the recent elections.
The leaders of the French far-left have threatened to impeach President Emmanuel Macron over an “institutional coup against democracy”.
French populist leader Marine Le Pen is facing an investigation into alleged campaign finance violations in relation to her 2022 presidential run against Emmanuel Macron.
China’s state-run Global Times worries that “the influence of the far-right has not diminished” after France’s surprising snap election.
A new alliance between Marine Le Pen and Viktor Orbán –the ‘Patriots for Europe’ — is now the third largest group in the EU Parliament.
Marine Le Pen celebrated the “rising tide” after winning the most seats in the National Assembly in the history of her populist party.
The French election results showed the alliance between President Macron and the far left blocked the National Rally from a majority.
The far-left New Popular Front has come out on top in the French elections after making a deal with Macron to stop Marine Le Pen’s populist party.
French left-wing leader defends dead police chants and throws in threats of his own in the final days before France goes to the polls.
Emmanuel Macron warned the public that “civil war” awaits France if they fail to vote for his brand of neo-liberalism in the upcoming elections.
Making a last-ditch attempt at reclaiming the narrative before the snap elections, Macron vowed to “change” while refusing to resign.
Candidate for the French election representing Marine Le Pen’s National Rally was hospitalised after an attack by a “group of masked people”.
Hundreds of thousands protested in France against the alleged threat to democracy posed by people voting for the populist National Rally.
French President Emmanuel Macron excoriated the Les Républicains leader Éric Ciotti for supporting an election pact with the National Rally party in the snap election
President Macron threw down the gauntlet to the French people and the right-populist opposition on Sunday.
In a stunning development, the head of the centre-right Les Républicans party backed an alliance with Marine Le Pen’s populist National Rally.
