As France’s Marine Le Pen stumbles, her far-right protégé seizes the limelight
Jordan Bardella’s glitzy book tour encourages speculation about a palace coup at the top of the National Rally party.
Marine Le Pen's fake jobs trial
The far-right French leader could face a fine, jail time, and a five-year ban from public office if found guilty of embezzlement
Far-right fake jobs trial: French prosecutors request Marine Le Pen be banned from running for public office
In a trial for charges of embezzling EU Parliament funds in a fake jobs scheme, the prosecution requested that far-right leader Marine Le Pen be banned from being elected to public office, which would bar her from running for the presidency in 2027.
Allies of Marine Le Pen decry witch-hunt as prosecutors threaten her French presidential hopes
Prosecutors want her to face an obligatory five-year ban from public office if convicted of misusing EU money. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Marine Le Pen’s next bid for French presidency threatened as prosecutors seek political ban
French prosecutors have asked for prison time and a five-year ban from politics for far-right leader Marine Le Pen, potentially derailing her bid to become president in 2027.
Marine Le Pen facing ban from 2027 election run in embezzlement trial
French prosecutors in the embezzlement trial of Marine Le Pen, France’s hard-Right leader, have demanded she get a jail sentence and a ban from public office if convicted, potentially barring her from running for president in 2027.
Le Pen Allies Decry Witch-Hunt as Prosecutors Threaten Her French Presidential Hopes
PARIS (Reuters) - Allies of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen have accused the judiciary of a witch-hunt and undue ...
Lawfare against Le Pen will only turn her into the French Trump
It’s tempting to take a leaf from a successful President Trump and dismiss the Marine Le Pen trial as a textbook example of ...
Hundreds protest arrival of far-right French politician Jordan Bardella to Brussels
In Brussels, police used water cannons against left-wing demonstrators protesting the arrival of far-right French politician ...
Trump’s victory emboldens Europe’s far-right parties, for now
BRUSSELS - Leaders of Europe’s far-right political parties are jubilant at Donald Trump’s electoral victory in the United ...
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Brussels police arrest 40 after violent protests against Belgian, French far right
Demonstrators against French politician Jordan Bardella’s new book turned their anger on Belgian party Vlaams Belang’s ...
Le Pen's no. 2, gradually taking liberties, relishes in his authority
As chairman of Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National party, Jordan Bardella is cautiously asserting his independence from ...
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French Prosecutors Seek Prison Term, Election Ban for Le Pen
French prosecutors have asked a judge to slap former National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen with a five-year prison term ...
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How Paris is turning a blind eye to risks posed by French version of Elon Musk
The French authorities have been critical of the role that tech billionaire Elon Musk played in Donald Trump’s presidential ...
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Far-right Jordan Bardella’s book publisher sues, alleging ad campaign was censored
PARIS — The publisher of a forthcoming memoir by far-right National Rally leader Jordan Bardella said on Friday that it is ...