The Latest Breaking News from Marine Le Pen

The “clarification” President Emmanuel Macron invoked as he called France’s snap elections has clarified this much: that French voters no longer want him to govern alone – or indeed at all. Exactly who he should share power with remains an open question after an inconclusive first round that has handed…

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

France's far-right National Rally made historic gains in the first round of snap elections on Sunday. But their progress is greater in small towns and rural areas than in big cities. RFI looks at how the map of France stands as the three leading parties prepare to battle it out…

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Monday rose by +0.01%. The dollar recovered from early losses and posted modest gains Monday after a jump in the 10-year T-note yield sparked short covering in the dollar. Also, weakness in the yen supported the dollar after the yen tumbled to a new...

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…

Labour leader hopes to gain closer economic ties with EU if he becomes PM and says he would work with ‘whoever’

Turns out the polls did get it right. One in three voters chose the far-right in Sunday’s first round of French snap legislative elections, putting Marine Le Pen’s party on the brink of power, an unprecedented score for an extreme that’s never before won in France through the ballot box.…

Editorial: Sunday’s first round vote puts Marine Le Pen’s radical right within touching distance of power. The priority must now be damage limitation

Marine Tondelier urges National Rally leader to take part in TV debate before second-round parliamentary election