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Who is Jordan Bardella, likely successor to Marine Le Pen in French presidential race?

Le Pen’s 29-year-old protege is the new anti-immigration face of French far right but observers point to his youth and lack of experience

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2025

Manhunt after French girl, 11, who vanished on way home from school found dead in woods

“She was everything to us,” a devastated classmate of Louise Lasalle said

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025

France Says Ready For Budget Concessions To Avert 'Storm'

The French government is ready to offer concessions to parliament to pass its budget, the finance minister said Thursday, in a standoff which is causing market turbulence and risks bringing down the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier.

International Business Times · Nov 28, 2024

Emmanuel Macron continues consultations on next PM, weeks after French election – as it happened

France led by caretaker administration since July snap election

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2024

Olympics opening cermony latest: French rail network sabotaged hours before Paris Games begin

France’s high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2024

How France’s far-right National Rally plans to secure its absolute majority in parliament

Buoyed by its resounding success in the first round of the snap legislative elections, France’s far-right National Rally party (RN) is hoping to secure an absolute majority in the second round on July 7. Before it can achieve this however, NR’s President Jordan Bardella will have to fend off both…

France 24 · Jul 3, 2024

Over 200 candidates withdraw before second round of voting – France election as it happened

Around 130 are members of left-wing New Popular Front with more than 80 from Macron camp

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Performance of French far right, who ‘see Europe as the problem’, fears German foreign minister – as it happened

Annalena Baerbrock says Germany cannot be unmoved by the performance in France of a party which sees Europe as ‘the problem, not the the solution’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2024

France Plans To Revoke Birthplace Citizenship In Mayotte

French authorities on Sunday announced a controversial plan to amend the Constitution to revoke birthplace citizenship on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, which has been struggling with social unrest and a crippling migration crisis.

International Business Times · Feb 12, 2024

British skier found dead by patrol after 'heavy fall' in French Alps

Man, 30, died in hospital after he suffered fatal injuries in the Serre Chevalier resort

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2024