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Don’t blame voters for a far right surge in Europe. Blame the far right’s mainstream copycats

Far right ideology has not changed, it has become normalised in the minds of voters, thanks to a snowball effect

The Guardian - UK

‘A paradigm shift’: will Jordan Bardella finally normalise Le Pen’s far right?

Smooth-talking National Rally president aims to change the tone- but not the content- of party’s anti-immigration message

The Guardian - UK

French Far Right Gets Youthful Vibe With 28-year-old Leader

France's far-right National Rally is banking on its youthful and charismatic party leader to be a major asset as it scents massive gains in upcoming European elections.

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Report Alleges France's Far-right Leader Had Racist Twitter Account

France's far-right leader Jordan Bardella on Thursday rejected accusations in a television report that he used an anonymous Twitter account to share racist messages when he was a local elected official.

International Business Times

Macron accused of doing far-right’s bidding with stricter immigration law

French President Emmanuel Macron is under renewed fire after urging his minority government to vote for a strengthened immigration bill that was endorsed by the far right. The late Tuesday vote, which divided Macron's coalition MPs and prompted his health minister to resign a day later, was heralded by far-right…

France 24

France's far right tries to move away from past anti-Semitism

France’s far-right National Rally has used the war between Israel and Hamas as a way to bolster its support for French Jews – a U-turn for the party founded by Jean-Marie Le Pen, who famously called the Holocaust a "detail" of history. By shifting away from anti-Semitism and focusing on…

Radio France Internationale

Macron to skip anti-Semitism march amid political bickering, but will attend in ‘thoughts’

French President Emmanuel Macron said he would not join a march in Paris against anti-Semitism on Sunday, but would attend it in his "thoughts". Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she plans to attend the rally, triggering a round of bickering by political parties amid a surge in anti-Semitic incidents…

France 24

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Le Pen’s anti-Islamism and support of Israel seen as attempt to obscure antisemitic past

As antisemitic incidents rise in France, far right leader’s party is promising to protect French Jews from Islamism

The Guardian - UK

Wildfires, war and rightwing extremism: 50 years of Europe in photos, part two

The Guardian’s Europe correspondent Jon Henley and picture editor Guy Lane reflect on a half-century of upheaval

The Guardian - UK

Le Pen’s far right served as mouthpiece for the Kremlin, says French parliamentary report

Dogged by accusations of proximity to the Kremlin, Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party had hoped to clear its name by setting up a parliamentary inquiry to investigate foreign interference in French politics. But a draft report on the committee’s findings, which was leaked to the press this week,…

France 24

Marine Le Pen replaced as French far-right party elects new president

JORDAN Bardella has been elected to replace Marine Le Pen as president of France’s leading far-right party, a symbolic changing of the guard that…

The National (Scotland)

French far-right party elects new leader to replace Le Pen

An ambitious 27-year-old was elected Saturday to replace Marine Le Pen as president of France's main far-right party National Rally

The Independent UK

How far has France’s far-right National Rally come in 50 years?

As Marine Le Pen’s far-right movement marks 50 years in French politics, RFI looks back at how the National Rally – formerly the National Front – went from a fringe group to France’s single biggest opposition party.

Radio France Internationale

National Rally marks 50th anniversary with symposium on far-right 'victories'

France's far-right National Rally is marking the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the party – formerly known as the National Front – by hosting a symposium on the 'victories' the movement has enjoyed over the past five decades.

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The Conversation

How Marine Le Pen managed to gain ground with youth voters – and why her success isn't being replicated by the US right

Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen may have missed out on the French presidency, falling 17 pecentage points short of incumbent Emmanuel Macron in a runoff held April 24, 2022. But to characterize her campaign as a total loss would be missing an essential point: with nearly 41.2% of the vote,…

The Independent UK

Jean-Marie Le Pen: Family which dominates the French far-right in profile

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of the French far-right, has died aged 96 after suffering suspected heart problems

Salon

Putin, Le Pen and the French right

Russia's strategic partnership with the French far right has deep roots that long predate the Putin-Le Pen liaison

The Independent UK

France's presidential rivals: Key moments, private lives

Voters are choosing between two visions of France and two very different people in Sunday's presidential runoff

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The Independent UK

Who is Marine Le Pen? The far-right French presidential candidate and her family in profile

Challenger hopes to deny incumbent Emmanuel Macron a second term in Sunday’s election

Reuters

Timeline: The five-decade rise of France's far right

Marine Le Pen's run on Sunday for France's presidency is the culmination of a five-decade rise of the far-right from a fringe movement to one of the country's strongest political forces.

Daily Mirror

Marine Le Pen seen as Putin's puppet with French voters branding election 'depressing'

Elderly voters like Denis Benoest and Grognier Huguette want to oust Emmanuel Macron from the Elysee Palace in Paris and put in his place Marine Le Pen as they welcome her controversial policies

Reason

France's Authoritarian Establishment Faces Off Against the Even Uglier Authoritarianism of the Far Right

French President Emmanuel Macron is authoritarian-light. Candidate Marine Le Pen is worse.

The Conversation

Marine Le Pen, the Rassemblement National and Russia: history of a strategic alliance

Days before the second round of the French presidential elections, far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (Rassemblement National, RN) spelled out some of her foreign policy priorities: limit military support to Ukraine and steer clear from voting new sanctions against Russia; leave NATO’s integrated command; and relaunch a “strategic rapprochement…

France 24

Marine Le Pen: A political animal vying to win the Élysée Palace

Marine Le Pen has worked for years at polishing the rough edges of the far-right National Rally, the party her rabble-rousing father Jean-Marie founded a half-century ago as the National Front, seeking the breakthrough that would finally secure the French presidency. For all her efforts, after eight attempts – Le…

The Independent UK

As all-important French election approaches, Le Pen’s ties to Putin come under intense scrutiny

A victory for the far-right hopeful in France’s presidential election could have truly a global impact

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