The Latest Breaking News from Marine Le Pen

French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen went on trial this Monday on charges of embezzling European Parliament money, in a case that could endanger her presidential ambitions. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Olivier Costa, a research professor at Sciences Po university. He says that it will be very difficult…

Far-right National Rally leader is accused of misusing EU parliamentary funds for party purposes

We analysed the voting patterns of far-right groups on eight issues including pay and tax. Their rhetoric is hollow

When it was announced that Michel Barnier was France’s new prime minister, commentators joked that he was better known to the British public than to the French. There’s more than a grain of truth in this.

Editorial: Few are celebrating the appointment of the EU’s Brexit negotiator as the country’s new prime minister

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday said she played no part in the appointment of veteran conservative Michel Barnier as French PM, denying media reports that she assured President Emmanuel Macron her party would not back a no-confidence motion to topple the incoming premier.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday urged President Emmanuel Macron to hold a referendum on key issues such as immigration, suggesting that giving the French a direct vote might help break the political deadlock.

Two months after snap parliamentary elections that threw France into political turmoil, tens of thousands of left-wing demonstrators rallied in central Paris on Saturday in protest at French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to name conservative Michel Barnier as prime minister in what they termed a “power grab” and a “stolen…

EU leaders have given France’s new PM Michel Barnier a warm welcome – but the former Brexit negotiator faces tough challenges, and opposition, on the domestic front.