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Le Pen’s verdict exposes Western Europe’s dangerous trend

The EU’s repression of the far right is backfiring spectacularly. What’s happening in Western Europe is increasingly raising uncomfortable questions. On March 31, a French...

Le Pen conviction: How France’s courts keep sidelining the establishment’s political rivals

The case of the National Rally leader and presidential favourite, conveniently taken off future ballots, is part of a long pattern. Earlier this week, the...

Meloni calls Le Pen sentence a blow to democracy

The conviction of the French opposition leader has effectively silenced the electoral voice of millions, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has said. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia...

Le Pen blasts sentence as ‘political’

The court has resorted to practices fit for “authoritarian regimes,” the politician has claimed. French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen has denounced the sentence handed...

France’s Le Pen sentenced to four years in jail

The veteran politician has also been barred from running for public office for five years over embezzlement charges. A Paris court has sentenced French right-wing...

French nationalist leader Jean-Marie Le Pen dies

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's National Front and a defining figure in the country’s modern political history, has died at 96. Le Pen...

Le Pen predicts early Macron exit

The French president “is done,” and the country is likely heading for an early election, the right-wing politician has said. French President Emmanuel Macron has...

Le Pen rails against political violence

Marine Le Pen has condemned the attack on Donald Trump, warning France is not safe from such violence either. The French right-wing politician and longtime...

Le Pen pledges to block troop deployment to Ukraine

The right-wing party National Rally will also prohibit Kiev from using French weaponry on Russian soil. France’s right-wing National Rally (RN) party will block potential...

Victory for Le Pen’s party will change nothing in France

The highest turnout in forty years demonstrates the electorate’s desire and hope for change. But voters are very unlikely to get what they want. The first...

Le Pen accuses Macron of preparing ‘coup d’etat’

The French president has been using his powers to make last-minute appointments, according to the former leader of the National Rally party. French President Emmanuel...

Macron’s bloc comes third in French election

The right-wing National Rally secured the lead in the first round of a snap vote on Sunday. The French right-wing National Rally (RN) party and...

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally leads in first round of French parliamentary elections

Marine Le Pen's National Rally emerged as the frontrunner in the first round of France's snap parliamentary elections, securing 34.2% of the votes based...

Le Pen’s party sets new popularity record

With two days until France’s snap election, the National Rally enjoys the support of 37% of voters, according to a poll. The French right-wing National...

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