Le Pen could lead right-wing coalition in France, claims MEP Marion Maréchal
To further promote this coalition, Maréchal launched Identity-Liberty, with the parliamentarian saying that the party is “another building block” in the creation…
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France’s hard-right National Rally kicks off campaign betting on early election
Three months after their defeat in the parliamentary elections, France's hard-right National Rally party officially kicked off a new political campaign on October…
Macron pivots towards Meloni on migration
France has signed a joint cooperation deal with Italy aimed at fighting illegal immigration, marking a sharp turn for Paris on the issue.
Hard-right puts French PM Barnier on notice with ultimatum
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has delivered a make-or-break general policy speech, outlining his plans for dealing with a national debt of €3,228 billion,…
French revolution? French interior minister shifts Right and wants ‘referendum on migration’
"Migration is a phenomenon that has turned French society upside down for the last 50 years, but the French people were never allowed to speak out over it," he said.
French Socialists reject National Rally’s pension reform proposal, reviving ‘cordon sanitaire’
The French socialist party has announced that it would not vote for the National Rally's proposal to repeal Emmanuel Macron's contested retirement law in the name…
France’s new interior minister vows immigration curbs in rightward shift
France is likely to see much tougher immigration and security measures to reflect a broad rightward shift in society, its new interior minister said in remarks hinting…
France’s new right-wing government faces immediate turmoil
France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier has revealed the new government's political orientation.
France’s National Rally ‘willing to give PM Barnier a chance,’ MEP says
Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) is willing to give France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier a chance, an MEP for the party has said.
Macron booed at Paralympics Games closing ceremony
During the closing ceremony of the Paralympics Games at the Stade de France, the audience heavily booed French President Emmanuel Macron.
Macron ‘playing Jurassic Park’ with Barnier PM nomination
The EU's former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has been named France's next prime minister.
In France Macron helps fanatics and socialists fight authentic Right
It was a widespread assumption that French president Emmanuel Macron called the unnecessary parliamentary elections in June and July on the assumption that the Rassemblement…
French artist leaks phone number of assistant in attempt to target National Rally MP
French artist and comedian Michaël Youn has leaked what he said was the phone number of National Rally MP Frédéric Falcon during a concert, without realising…
Paris prosecutor goes after Marine Le Pen over campaign financing
Marine Le Pen's National Rally has been hit with a judicial investigation into suspicions of illicit financing of her presidential campaign in 2022.
Left pressures Macron to appoint left-wing PM, demands ‘cordon sanitaire’ against RN
As the pressure to form a new French government is increasing, the Left has pushed French President Emmanuel Macron to appoint a left-wing prime minister as well…
Le Pen has had her time, now is the moment for a new National Rally leader
There is nothing sadder than an athlete who has overstayed their time.
Macron may have more tricks up his sleeve, maybe dissolving the Assembly in a year’s time
Charles de Gaulle famously lamented that it was impossible to govern a country with 246 types of cheese.
French Left and Right urge voters to ignore polls
The French Left and the hard-right party National Rally (RN) both dismissed the latest projections for the next parliament, instead urging the electorate to vote…
Macron’s father: ‘Decision to dissolve parliament made months ago’
The decision to dissolve the French National Assembly for snap elections was not due to a poor showing by President Emmanual Macron in the European Parliament elections…
France’s Les Républicains at war as senior member backs Socialists over Le Pen
Infighting has once again flared up within France's Les Républicains (LR) after a senior figure within the party voiced support for Socialists in the country.
Sensible Right on course to win in Europe and US, even if UK is out of step
The European elections, the first round of the French elections to the National Assembly, and the latest developments in the US presidential election are all movement…
‘Shy right-wingers’ no longer hide, they demand change now
Depending on whom you ask, the National Rally’s 33.
ANALYSIS France elects: ‘Neither the Left nor the hard-right’ has become a tricky position to hold
Emmanuel Macrons and his allies' "Neither the Left nor the hard-right" campaign faces a tricky situation ahead of the second round of votes on July 7.
Controversy over RN ‘binational ban’ proposal ahead of vote
Roger Chudeau, a National Rally candidate in France, has faced a backlash for proposing a ban on binational French citizens holding key positions inside the government.
Anti-migrant hit song defies censorship ahead of French elections
An anti-migrant electro-dance song titled Je Partira Pas (I won't leave) has taken French social media by storm, despite efforts to ban it.
National Rally seen winning 37 per cent of popular vote in first round of French snap election
An opinion poll published in newspaper Les Echos on June 28 said French hard-right party National Rally (NR) further rose in its forecast and may reach as much…
Nation-state or Islamic Republic of France, Houellebecq’s question
Nine years ago, Michel Houellebecq wrote Submission, one of the most influential novels of modern French literature.
France elects: PM Bardella would scale back military support to Ukraine
Marine le Pen, de facto leader of France's hard-right party National Rally (RN), said President Emmanuel Macron would no longer be the sole decision-maker on France's…
Dislike, despise, distrust: what drives French votes
In politics, they say the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
French Assembly faces political deadlock, forecast suggests
French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a snap election could lead to deadlock.