A move by France’s ruling Socialists to ban the far-right National Front from a peace march for Charlie Hebdo shooting victims may backfire, forcing undecided voters to choose between Marine Le Pen ...

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Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's main far-right party, is pictured. (Image by Mathias Destal from Flickr via Courthouse News) MARSEILLE, France (CN) — France's extreme-right National Front ...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to hold an unnecessary snap election has favored the extreme right National Rally party. In the first round of elections, held June 30, National Rally ...

France's far-right National Front said Sunday that it plans to sue Madonna after the singer showed a video at a Paris concert that contained an image of the party's leader with a swastika on her ...

One word encapsulates French politics after last week’s parliamentary elections: impasse. Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally failed to gain a majority — but neither did the leftist alliance New ...

Our live coverage of France’s election has now ended for today. Read our key takeaways write here and browse the posts below to catch up on Monday’s earlier news. President Emmanuel Macron called ...

Parties on the left were so fractious, they broke up their alliance months ago, but the possibility of a government controlled by the far right drew them back together. By Catherine Porter Catherine ...

A left-wing coalition has won the most seats in France’s National Assembly, a surprise surge that denied power to the far-right but left France’s government even more fractured than before. The ...

PARIS (AP) — Seemingly so close, and yet still so far away. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen looked to be nearer to power than ever last week after her National Rally party, strengthened by new ...

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and ...

Paris — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the historic leader of France's far-right political movement, died Tuesday at the age of 96, the French news agency AFP said, citing his family. Le Pen, who had been in a ...