The Latest Breaking News from Marine Le Pen

Célia Belin of the European Council on Foreign Relations tells RFI that Donald Trump’s administration is treating Europe less as a partner and more as a rival. In backing nationalist movements and undermining multilateral institutions, it is exporting a political mode of operation that risks fracturing European unity.

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Marine Le Pen’s full embezzlement sentence. There’s “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, Ollia Horton’s “Happy Moment”, and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan” – all that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click…

More than 300,000 people joined May Day rallies across France on Wednesday, unions said, with protests mostly peaceful – apart from in Paris where masked demonstrators targeted Socialist MPs and dozens were arrested. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau called the attacks “absolutely disgraceful and unacceptable”.

Rallies across France for International Workers' Day drew more than 300,000 on Thursday, including 100,000 in Paris, the CGT trade union told AFP. The authorities were yet to give a figure for the May Day marches' turnout.

Donald Trump’s second term in office has already sent shockwaves far beyond Washington, not only reshaping American politics but challenging global alliances and foreign economies. How do Democrats and Republicans in France view Trump's first 100 days?

François Fillon, once a leading contender for the French presidency, returns to court on Tuesday for a third trial over the fake jobs scandal that torpedoed his 2017 campaign. Judges are to review the penalties and damages but not the guilty verdict.

Jordan Bardella has positioned himself as the National Rally’s potential presidential candidate as Marine Le Pen fights a court ban from holding public office.

Some videos have been erroneously captioned, while others genuinely do show support for Le Pen following her embezzlement conviction.

The family of Dr Martin Luther King have criticised far-right leader Marine Le Pen for comparing her ban from running in the 2027 presidential election to the US civil rights movement, describing the comparison as an "inappropriate distortion of history".

In this edition, we hear how the EU has started speed dating anyone who is open for business and about the rise and fall of Frances's Marine Le Pen

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.