Marine Le Pen

France’s Marine Le Pen says she will run for president in 2027, appeal her conviction

2026-07-07T22:45:44.000Z
People celebrate after France's prime minister Francois Bayrou failed to win a confidence vote in parliament, outside the City Hall in Nantes, France, Sep 8, 2025.

Macron scrambles to find new French PM after Bayrou ousted

2025-09-08T23:33:46.000Z
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen speaks during a demonstration at Place Vauban in Paris, France, April 6, 2025.

France’s Le Pen slams ‘witch hunt’ as ban dominates rival rallies

2025-04-06T22:55:33.000Z
One way in which Monday's judicial decision will undermine French political stability is that the RN will now seek to make Le Pen into a far-right political martyr.

Global populists rally to France’s Le Pen

2025-04-01T21:00:00.000Z
President of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary group Marine Le Pen was convicted over a scheme to take advantage of European Parliament expenses to employ assistants who were actually working for her far-right party in France.

France’s Le Pen defiant after five year election ban

2025-03-31T23:18:36.000Z
Le Pen was sentenced to two years in prison, with two more suspended, and given an immediate five-year election ban, complicating her ambitions of taking over from Emmanuel Macron in 2027.

Marine Le Pen barred from 2027 French presidency run

2025-03-31T12:10:55.000Z
A screen shows the result of the no-confidence vote against the French prime minister and his government at the National Assembly, Paris, France, Dec 4, 2024. The government lost the no-confidence vote after a total of 331 members of the parliament voted in favour of the motion.

French government falls in historic no-confidence vote

2024-12-04T22:37:49.000Z
A standoff over an austerity budget, which has caused jitters on financial markets, follows months of tension since President Emmanuel Macron appointed Michel Barnier (pictured) as prime minister in September.

No-confidence vote draws France into new political crisis

2024-12-03T22:58:28.000Z
Parties that support Prime Minister Michel Barnier do not have the numbers to counter a collective move from the two groups, meaning the administration could fall as early as Wednesday.

France faces ‘moment of truth’ with government on brink of collapse

2024-12-03T12:03:11.000Z
People reacting to election results at the Triumph of the Republic monument in Paris. The far-right National Rally has lost this immediate battle, but there is an even bigger war in play now for the 2027 presidential elections.

Major surprise as French far right flounder and look to 2027

2024-07-08T10:30:00.000Z