A move by France’s ruling Socialists to ban the far-right National Front from a peace march for Charlie Hebdo shooting victims may backfire, forcing undecided voters to choose between Marine Le Pen ...

PARIS (AP) — Seemingly so close, and yet still so far away. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen looked to be nearer to power than ever last week after her National Rally party, strengthened by new ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, who has died aged 96, was a major figure in French public life, and a founder of the far-right National Front. A sometimes violent rabblerouser who claimed, like other extremists, ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's main far-right party, is pictured. (Image by Mathias Destal from Flickr via Courthouse News) MARSEILLE, France (CN) — France's extreme-right National Front ...

PARIS — France is about to hold parliamentary elections that are shaping up to be among its most divisive in recent history. With the first round on Sunday, the rising popularity of the far right ...

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and ...

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French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to hold an unnecessary snap election has favored the extreme right National Rally party. In the first round of elections, held June 30, National Rally ...

The elder Le Pen is dead, but far-right populists across the world still echo his mix of violent rhetoric, brazen lies, and outreach to mainstream conservatives. Founder of the far-right National ...

Here is a short history of the French far-right National Front, whose historic leader and co-founder Jean-Marie Le Pen died on Tuesday aged 96. The party was later renamed the National Rally (RN) ...

News that Jean-Marie Le Pen — one of the founders of France’s extreme rightwing political party, the National Front — died on Tuesday came as a surprise to no one; he was 96 and in brittle health.