For generations, Marine Le Pen’s family have held the reins of France’s nationalist party. Now Le Pen must decide whether to fight for her political future or make way for a successor.

The far-right leader was sentenced, at the end of March, to a five-year ban on running for office. She has appealed. Two ...

Could the National Rally retaliate in parliament by attempting to bring down the fragile coalition government?

France's Le Pen convicted of graft ... supported far-right German party celebrating historic election gains Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French far right, dies aged 96 Far right wins first ...

After years trying to moderate her party’s image, the far-right leader, convicted of embezzlement, now voices Trump-like ...

Le Pen vows to pursue presidency despite ban over embezzlement conviction. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

PARIS (AP) — For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising. She stripped the French far right of its old symbols, sanded down its roughest edges and built in its ...

In France, where Le Pen spent decades recasting the far right ... “And this is now the death of Le Pen’s presidential ambitions.” Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the National Front and a figure long ...

The judges who convicted the far-right would-be presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of embezzlement have received threats and are under protection.

Since the party’s creation in 1972, the National Rally has always been led by either Le Pen or her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died earlier this year. Recent polling had indicated that Le Pen ...

Bardella has positioned himself strongly to run as the party’s candidate (should it choose him) for the 2027 presidential elections.

Paris, France – On Sunday ... she has sought to normalise the hard right and distance it from the rule of Jean Marie Le Pen, her late father who founded the National Front, a party that lived ...