As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here’s a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried ...
French Far-Right Firebrand Is Laid to Rest. The Dispute Over His Legacy Endures.
The memorial for Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was known for his racist and antisemitic remarks, comes as the National Rally has ...
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France’s new prime minister says he'll renegotiate a contested plan to raise the retirement age
Her National Rally party has the largest single group in the National Assembly, France's powerful lower house of parliament.
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With Franco-Algerian relations at an all-time low, can they get back on track?
The turbulent relationship between France and its former colony Algeria has hit an all-time low, with the two countries ...
France: government survives no-confidence vote
Both the far-right National Rally and center-left Socialist Party declined to back a no-confidence vote in new French Prime ...
Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen under tight security
Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last week at the age of 96 ...
France's PM Bayrou weakened by Socialist threat to back no-confidence vote
PARIS - The long-term survival prospects of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's minority government have shrunk as he ...
France’s new prime minister faces first big test during period of political instability, budget woes
PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister, François Bayrou, is facing his first major test at parliament on Tuesday as his ...
Macron's popularity collapses to six-year low as France's political crisis continues
Emmanuel Macron has seen his approval ratings plummet to a six-year low, according to a new poll. The French President ...
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Marine Le Pen will ‘never forgive herself’ for expelling father from far-right party he founded
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French PM Bayrou survives first no-confidence vote in parliament
Jordan Bardella, the leader of the far-right National Rally (RN), dismissed it as "idle ... who appointed Bayrou as France's fourth prime minister within a year only last month.