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French PM abandons electricity tax rise amid pressure from far right

Michel Barnier makes concession over budget but may still face confidence vote

The Guardian - UK

Marine Le Pen Threatens To Bring Down French Government

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen threatens to bring down French government over budget bill disputes and faces trial for misappropriating funds.

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France’s Le Pen threatens to topple government over ‘red lines’ on high cost of living

‘We will not accept that the purchasing power of the French be once again hit,’ leader of far-right National Rally says

The Independent UK

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Le Pen allies decry witch-hunt as prosecutors threaten presidential hopes

Allies of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen have accused the judiciary of a witch hunt and undue meddling in democracy after prosecutors requested she face an obligatory five-year ban from public office if convicted of misusing European Union funds.

Radio France Internationale

Marine Le Pen faces prison term and ban from office in fake jobs trial

French prosecutors have demanded that far-right leader Marine Le Pen receive a jail sentence and be banned from public office for five years over charges she embezzled European Parliament funds. Le Pen's defence now has two weeks to present its counter arguments.

Radio France Internationale

Paris prosecutor seeks jail and public office ban for Marine Le Pen

Request in embezzlement trial threatens to undermine National Rally’s efforts to polish image before 2027 polls

The Guardian - UK

Marine Le Pen Faces Trial Over Alleged Embezzlement

Marine Le Pen's trial for alleged embezzlement of EU funds raises questions on political accountability and transparency in France.

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France’s Marine Le Pen questioned in court at EU embezzlement trial

Le Pen and her RN party have been accused of using European Parliament money to pay staff in France.

Al Jazeera

Marine Le Pen defiant in court as she denies embezzling EU funds with far-right colleagues

Marine Le Pen and more than two dozen officials of her far-right National Rally party are accused of EU breaches

The Independent UK

Marine Le Pen Faces Trial Over Embezzlement Allegations

Marine Le Pen and National Rally party face trial for alleged misuse of EU funds, impacting her political future.

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Far-right National Rally announce 'counter budget' to PM Barnier's austerity bill

France's far-right National Rally (RN) has announced it will present 'a counter-budget' next week at the start of a National Assemby committee's examination of Prime Minister Michel Barnier's 2025 finance bill, deeming the government's current copy 'absolutely unacceptable'.

Radio France Internationale

Marine Le Pen’s niece starts own party: What it means for French far right

Marion Marechal, 34, has launched Identite-Libertes, through which she hopes to strengthen France’s ‘national camp’.

Al Jazeera

France’s minority government to present make-or-break austerity budget

France's new government will on Thursday deliver its 2025 budget, with plans for €60 billion worth of tax hikes and spending cuts to tackle a spiralling fiscal deficit. But without a majority, Prime Minister Michel Barnier will likely need to make concessions to avoid a veto from opposition parties.

Radio France Internationale

French government survives no-confidence vote as far right stays neutral

A vote of no-confidence aiming to bring down the nascent government of French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has failed after the far-right National Rally party refused to back the motion.

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France 24

France’s new govt relies on far-right support as it faces no-confidence vote

France’s new government, led by conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier, will have to lean on the support of the far right as it faces a no-confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday. The motion was called by left-wing alliance New Popular Front, which won the most votes in the June-July parliamentary…

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France's Minority Government Faces No-Confidence Vote

France's minority government faces a crucial no-confidence vote in a divided parliament, testing stability.

France 24

What does the EU embezzlement trial mean for Le Pen and the French far right?

Marine Le Pen and other senior figures within France’s far-right National Rally party are standing trial on charges of having embezzled millions in European Parliament funds to finance the party’s own political activities. Marta Lorimer, lecturer in politics at Cardiff University, discusses what the trial could mean for the party’s…

The Independent UK

Le Pen goes on trial for alleged misuse of EU funds in case that could derail her career

Leader of the far-right National Rally says outside court: ‘We have not violated any political and regulatory rules of the European parliament’

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The Independent UK

Le Pen's future in the balance as French far-right officials go on trial for alleged EU funds misuse

The stakes are high for Marine Le Pen as she and other officials from the French far-right party National Rally go on trial over accusations of embezzling European Union funds

Radio France Internationale

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on trial for misuse of EU funds

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen, her National Rally party, and 26 other individuals go on trial on Monday in Paris over alleged misappropriation of European funds. A guilty verdict could scupper Le Pen's chances of running for president in the 2027.

Radio France Internationale

Where did France's culture of political compromise go, and is it coming back?

It took France nine long weeks to form a government after parliamentary elections delivered a deeply divided National Assembly with no faction able to govern alone. The new prime minister has called for compromise – but that won't be easy in a country where meeting in the middle is often…

The Guardian - UK

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

France 24

France's new government under pressure on multiple fronts

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's new government is already feeling the pressure from opposition politicians on both sides amid growing threats of a no-confidence vote in parliament. Barnier's first main task is to submit a 2025 budget plan that addresses what he called France's "very serious" financial situation.

Radio France Internationale

Incoming French government under pressure on multiple fronts

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's hard-won new government faced pressure from day one Sunday as threats of a no-confidence motion in parliament multiplied.

The Conversation

Michel Barnier: how Mr Brexit rose from the ashes of Emmanuel Macron’s fire to become French prime minister

When it was announced that Michel Barnier was France’s new prime minister, commentators joked that he was better known to the British public than to the French. There’s more than a grain of truth in this.

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