The Latest Breaking News from Marine Le Pen

Since the far right made new gains in the European elections in June, African leaders and commentators have been reacting to the prospect of a National Rally (RN) government in France, where the campaign for legislative elections is underway.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down slightly by -0.02%. The dollar today gave up overnight gains and turned slightly lower as the euro strengthened after French political risks eased. The dollar today initially moved higher as higher T-note yields strengthened the dollar’s interest rate differentials. The dollar also...

France was on Sunday bracing for a frenetic fortnight of election campaigning for snap polls called by President Emmanuel Macron to combat the far right, as star footballer Kylian Mbappe waded into the febrile environment with a warning not to vote for extremes.

It came as little surprise when Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) won the 9 June European parliamentary elections in France, but the number of women backing the anti-immigration party – up 10 percent since 2019 – is a turnabout. Have women found a voice in the RN or are…

Jordan Bardella's rise in French politics challenges Macron amid economic concerns and right-wing populism.

The normalisation of ideas once confined to the fringes is cause for concern, not complacency

The president wants to save France from itself, but he may just be handing the country over to the far right

Marine Le Pen’s party is breaking record high scores across vast areas of the country, polls show, with an increase in its influence inevitable

Raphaël Glucksmann, whose Socialist-backed coalition came third in Sunday’s European elections, has emerged as a pivotal figure of France’s political centre-left. His support for the new alliance of the left could swing the balance away from the ascendant far right in the snap parliamentary elections called by President Emmanuel Macron…