Marine Le Pen

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen gestures on the day her supporters rally for her, after calls for a peaceful mobilisation following Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzlement of EU funds, resulting in her being barred from running for office for five years, in Paris, France, April 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Europe

Le Pen evokes spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. as supporters rally in Paris

A Paris court convicted Le Pen and two dozen National Rally (RN) party members of embezzling EU funds last week

Local elected officials from the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) political party, distribute leaflets in support of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen at a market, a day after she was found guilty of embezzlement of EU funds and barred from running for office for five years, in Henin-Beaumont, France, April 1, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
Europe

Le Pen's party chief calls on French people to rally against election ban

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, member of parliament of the Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, talks to journalists as she leaves on the last day of her trial in Paris, France, November 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo/File Photo
Europe

France's Le Pen seeks to keep presidency hopes alive after election ban

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, member of parliament of the Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, talks to journalists as she leaves on the last day of her trial in Paris, France, November 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo/File Photo
Europe

France's Le Pen faces crunch day in graft trial that could kill her presidential hopes

French far-right leader and member of parliament Marine Le Pen attends a gathering in support of detained Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in Paris, France, March 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
Europe

French Constitutional Council ruling deals blow to Le Pen

Marine Le Pen, France's far-right National Front (FN) political party leader, attends a news conference at the National Assembly in Paris, France January 10, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
Europe

Proposed political ban for France's Le Pen increasingly prevalent, despite her outrage

A general view shows the hemicycle during a debate on the 2025 Social Security Financing bill (PLFSS) at the National Assembly in Paris, France, December 2, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
Europe

French government faces collapse as left and far-right submit no-confidence motions

Marine Le Pen, France's far-right National Front (FN) political party leader, attends a news conference at the National Assembly in Paris, France January 10, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
Europe

Le Pen allies decry witch-hunt as prosecutors threaten her French presidential hopes

While Donald Trump created history with his victory in US, Marine Le Pen and the National Rally Party positioned the far-right as a formidable force in France and the far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) gained significant ground in recent elections in Germany. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

Is liberalism dying around the world?

Marine Le Pen, leader of French National Rally party addresses a major rally of European nationalist and far-right parties ahead of EU parliamentary elections in Milan, Italy May 18, 2019. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
Europe

French far-right leader Le Pen stands trial over alleged misuse of EU funds

People gather to protest against the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, at Place de la Republique, following results in the first round of the early 2024 legislative elections, in Paris, France, July 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File photo
Politics

Far right bids for power as France holds parliamentary election

Marine Le Pen, member of parliament and French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party leader, arrives at the RN party headquarters in Paris, France, July 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Politics

Go vote, parties tell French voters ahead of cliffhanger runoff

Marine Le Pen, member of parliament and French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party leader, arrives at the RN party headquarters in Paris, France, July 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Politics

Rival French parties seek to build anti-far right front