Brussels tight-lipped as Le Pen floats idea of hard-right ‘supergroup’
Right-wing political groups in Brussels have remained tight-lipped as France's Marine Le Pen of the National Rally (RN) party continues her push for a new European…
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How hard-right National Rally won over France’s overseas territories
National Rally (RN) has surged to prominence in France's overseas territories.
Macron: ‘Democracy is in crisis’
French President Emmanuel Macron said he wanted to "get involved" in the European Parliament elections in June "to unmask the ideas of the National Rally".
NGO ‘rescue-boat’ captain ‘will not focus on migration’ if elected as MEP
Carola Rackete, a top candidate for the German hard-left Die Linke party in June's European Parliament elections, no longer wants to be associated with migration.
AfD lead candidate steps back after Le Pen’s RN splits with party
Krah announced he would refrain from making any further European Election campaign appearances with immediate effect, and resign as a member of the AfD’s federal…
EU Elections: Will France abandon Macron for Le Pen?
As of writing, National Rally sits at 32 per cent support, with experts saying that it could soar as high as 46 per cent by voting day.
Le Pen rejects idea of Brussels controlling French nuclear weapons
The leader of the French National Rally (RN) party, Marine Le Pen, has criticised plans to transfer sovereignty over nuclear weapons to Brussels.
Low growth and welfare cuts push Attal Government to the brink
Near-zero growth, coupled with savage welfare cuts and broad perceptions of fiscal mismanagement, look set to push French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal's government…
Young voters snub Macron’s list for European Parliament elections, latest poll suggests
With less than a month remaining until the 2024 European Parliament elections, French President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance, led by Valerie Hayer, has struggled…
Tough French logic will lead Europe through immigrant crisis
As the militant Islamic threat to many Western societies steadily gained strength from increasing immigration, a high birth rate among migrants, and sustained collective…
European nationalists are ‘hidden Brexiteers’, claims Macron
"All European nationalists are hidden Brexiteers," according to French President Emmanuel Macron.
Reconquête’s European dream on a knife-edge, French poll suggests
With just over a month remaining until the vote, the European list for Reconquête, led by Marion Maréchal, niece of National Rally MP Marine Le Pen, garnered just…
Ex-Frontex head rejects NGO-backed ‘crimes against humanity’ allegations
The former head of EU border agency Frontex has rejected claims that he was complicit in so-called "crimes against humanity" during his tenure.
French PM Attal sparks controversy with proposed youth violence crackdown
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has sparked controversy by proposing new measures aimed at cracking down on youth violence in France.
France and the European Parliament elections: What you need to know
The second-largest state in the European Union by population and economic power, founding member France remains one of the loudest players in European politics.
Leaked secret poll gives Le Pen majority in French parliament
According to a leaked secret poll commissioned by Les Républicains, Marine Le Pen's National Rally party could obtain a possible majority in the French Parliament.
French former Frontex chief joins Le Pen for European Parliament elections
Fabrice Leggeri, who led the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex between 2015 and 2022, will be a top candidate on France's National Rally list for the…
What a twit: Le Pen’s Rassemblement National ‘joining ECR’ incorrect, sources confirm
Insiders at the European Parliament have rejected rumours that Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National (RN) is joining the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)…
French judges slash new immigration-law measures
France’s Constitutional Council has removed more than a third of the measures in the country’s new tougher immigration law.
New French Minister targeted over past opposition to gay marriage
France's new Government under openly gay Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has some other notable figures in its ranks causing feathers to be ruffled.
Hard-right rise could make Europe ungovernable – EU liberals
The European Union could become ungovernable if the hard-Right performs as well in the European Parliament election in June as in November's Dutch vote and as opinion…
Macron on the defensive over alliance with Right on immigration
French President Emmanuel Macron has defended the country’s new immigration bill, addressing left-wing critics who claim he gave too much to the “far Right”.
French Parliament torpedoes ‘strict’ new migration law
In what is seen as a painful blow to French President Emmanuel Macron’s standing, a bill that seeks to better control immigration and improve integration has been…
France’s left-wing NUPES coalition ‘dead’, leader claims
France’s New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES), a left-wing electoral alliance aimed in part at combating the rising far-right, is “dead”, one of…
French confidence in EU hits a low point
French citizens’ trust in the European Union is at one of its lowest levels to date.
Le Pen’s Rassemblement National tops France 2024 EU elections poll
Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National (RN) has surged ahead in the French opinion polls ahead of the 2024 European Parliament elections.
France’s new Immigration Bill won’t be enough to stop Marine Le Pen
“No matter how much I try to imagine my grandfathers and great-grandfathers setting fire to other workers' cars, it just doesn’t work. #why”
Le Pen’s party returns to French Senate as centre-right holds majority
Marine Le Pen's right-wing Rassemblement National (RN) party has returned to the French Senate and the centre-right has held its majority in the Upper House at the…
Paris prosecutors want to try Marine Le Pen and 26 others over alleged misuse of European public funds
The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office said on September 22 that Marine Le Pen and 26 people affiliated with her Rassemblement National Party should stand trial over…
Le Pen and Salvini reaffirm their European alliance
The de facto leader of the French Rassemblement National (RN) party and the head of the Italian Lega party have underlined their close political proximity ahead…