This is the first time that the possibility of Bardela running for the presidency instead has been publicly mentioned ...

France has struggled in recent years to rein in public spending. Fresh data from the country's statistics agency, Insee, ...

Next will see another attempt to bring down François Bayrou's fragile minority government. But - writes John Lichfield - ...

French courts have barred France’s far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, from presidential candidacy for five years.

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen has asked her top lieutenant Jordan Bardella, 29, to prepare for a run in the 2027 ...

Le Pen, one of the most prominent figures of the European far right, was a frontrunner for the 2027 French presidential election before a court in March banned her from the contest after she was convi ...

France's Socialists filed a no-confidence measure against Prime Minister Francois Bayrou after pension reform talks with trade unions failed. While the motion is unlikely to succeed due to lack of far ...

France's Socialists filed a no-confidence measure against Prime Minister Francois Bayrou after pension talks collapsed, a ...

A U.S. State Department delegation met with senior officials from France's National Rally (RN) in late May, but their offer to publicly support figurehead Marine Le Pen after a court barred her from ...

Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin has announced the launch of his own political party named Humanist France (La France humaniste), two years before the country's presidential election ...

In May, the U.S. State Department delegation offered public support to France's National Rally leader Marine Le Pen. However, ...

One year since the New Popular Front won a surprise election victory, France’s left looks more divided than ever. This ...