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Racist abuse of French judo star Teddy Riner investigated after he spoke about rise of far right

Paris’s public prosecutor opens investigation into online harassment of Riner, one of France’s most popular sportspeople

The Guardian - UK · 2h ago

Marseille is a haven for artists and progressives. How could it be on the cusp of far-right rule?

France’s coolest city has been shaped by immigration, yet a win for Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in local elections could be seismic – for the whole country, says Marseille-based journalist Mary Fitzgerald

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11

Brigitte Bardot laid to rest in funeral ceremony broadcast across Saint-Tropez

Service attended by singers, animal rights activists and public figures including far-right leader Marine Le Pen

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7

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French PM's Job On Line With Call For Confidence Vote

France's embattled Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Monday his government would request a vote of confidence on September 8, seeking parliamentary backing for his battle against soaring public debt.

International Business Times · Aug 25, 2025

Europe Far-right Surge Masks Divisions

Hard-right and far-right parties are riding high in polls across Europe but their electoral success conceals divisions which could become major sources of tension if they win power, according to analysts.

International Business Times · May 1, 2025

Anti-racism group files complaint over race hate flyers at Le Pen rally in Paris

France is once again grappling with the rise of far-right extremism, as a fringe group’s propaganda at a weekend rally – in support of National Rally figurehead Marine Le Pen – has promped legal action from racial justice group SOS Racisme.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 9, 2025

France's political parties hold rival rallies in the name of democracy

France's far right held a rally on Sunday to show support for their figurehead Marine Le Pen, who was this week convicted of embezzlement and banned from public office. At the same time, members of France's left wing alliance called for a demonstration in defence of the justice system, while…

Radio France Internationale · Apr 6, 2025

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France Risks Fresh Political Crisis In No-confidence Vote

France on Tuesday braced for new political turmoil as opposition lawmakers prepared to back a no-confidence motion this week that risks toppling the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office.

International Business Times · Dec 3, 2024

French interior minister vows to ‘restore order’ as critics warn of shift to right

Appointment of Bruno Retailleau is most striking example of reactionary right taking power, says Socialist leader

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

French investigators open inquiry into finances of 2022 Le Pen campaign

Prosecutors to investigate allegations of embezzlement, forgery and fraud during failed presidential election bid

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2024

Le Pen and Orbán join forces in European parliament far-right alliance

The group, styled Patriots for Europe, becomes the third-largest force and largest-ever far-right bloc assembly

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024

Left-Wing New Popular Front Leads In French Parliamentary Elections

French artists, DJs and musicians unite to fight threat of far-right government

Front Électronique acts as ‘world of the night’ to combat rise of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024

Police, poverty and populism: how Perpignan became a laboratory for the far right

French city’s election of a National Rally mayor has been a study in the party’s attempts to normalise itself in local politics

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 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

Al Jazeera · Jul 2, 2024

France’s Muslims fear for their futures as Le Pen’s far right party surges

Tensions are rising in France, home to one of Europe’s largest Muslim minorities, ahead of the snap election run-off.

France 24 · Jul 1, 2024

French far right eyes power as rivals wrangle over scope of anti-Le Pen front

The first round of France’s legislative elections has confirmed that Marine Le Pen’s far right is now the dominant force in French politics, putting her anti-immigrant National Rally within reach of power. Whether the rest of the political spectrum still has the ability – and the will – to hold…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 1, 2024

Keir Starmer says he will work with Marine Le Pen on small boats

KEIR Starmer has said he will work with Marine Le Pen's right-wing National Rally party on small boats if they end up forming the next French…

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

Macron sought clarity – and has brought his centrist project tumbling down

In an increasingly divided country, Marine Le Pen’s far-right, anti-immigration party has cemented its steady rise

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

French centrists must decide: support the left – or hand the keys of power to the far right?

Only a whole-hearted endorsement of the New Popular Front coalition can stop the National Rally, says Cole Stangler, a journalist based in Marseille

Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2024

OPINION - Can France hold back the march of Le Pen and the hard-right?

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France 24 · Jul 1, 2024

Rival parties race to block far right as France heads into legislative run-off

France is headed into a second and final round of voting on July 7 after the far right came out ahead in a first round on Sunday, sending centrist and leftist parties scrambling to keep it from securing a majority. FRANCE 24 looks at some of the possibilities that lie…

France 24 · Jun 30, 2024

Le Pen’s far-right party wins first round as Macron’s snap elections gamble backfires

Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigrant National Rally led a first round of voting on Sunday in exceptionally high-stakes elections that could put France’s government in the hands of a far-right party for the first time since World War II. President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling coalition was beaten into third place by a…

Al Jazeera · Jun 29, 2024

Who is Jordan Bardella, France’s far-right star eyeing the premiership?

The 28-year-old National Rally president, Le Pen’s protege, has enjoyed a meteoric rise that could go further yet.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2024

Le Pen claims far right will win majority and take over some military decisions

National Rally leader says Macron ‘won’t have choice’ but to appoint her protege as PM and he would make decisions on Ukraine support

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