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Marine Le Pen (center answers journalists' questions during a campaign visit
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Marine Le Pen

Marine Le Pen, a lawyer by profession, is the former president of France's nationalist right-wing National Rally (RN), having led the party from 2011 to 2021. She ran for president in 2012, 2017 and 2022.

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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo

Paris mayor to run for French presidency

Anne Hidalgo, who doubled cycle lanes and cut speeds in the French capital, wants to be the first female president.
PoliticsSeptember 12, 2021
Marine Le Pen

French far-right party reelects Le Pen

Marine Le Pen defended the push to make the National Rally more mainstream as she tries to boost her presidential bid.
PoliticsJuly 4, 2021
French President Emmanuel Macron looking serious, next to a French flag

France's regional vote recasts 2022 battle

After regional elections, predictions for next year's French presidential election are up in the air.
PoliticsJune 28, 2021
Marine le Pen of the National Rally

France: Le Pen's far-right party set for election loss

Partial results indicate France's mainstream parties are headed for a comfortable victory over far-right National Rally.
PoliticsJune 27, 2021
Marine Le Pen

Le Pen blames poor turnout for regional electoral showing

France's center-right Republicans are projected to win the first round of the regional vote amid record low turnout.
PoliticsJune 20, 2021
Marine le Pen speaks at a podium

Marine Le Pen acquitted in hate speech trial

A court found the former presidential candidate had not broken laws by tweeting gruesome images of Islamist atrocities.
PoliticsMay 4, 2021
France's President Emmanuel Maron rides in an open military vehicle during the Bastille Day parade

French soldiers who warned of 'civil war' to face sanctions

The soldiers had signed an open letter saying France was in "peril" from "Islamism and the hordes from the suburbs."
PoliticsApril 29, 2021
Marine Le Pen

France's Le Pen to quit as far-right party chief

The populist says she wants to contest next year's presidential election as a candidate for "all French people."
PoliticsApril 2, 2021
Frankreich Nationalversammlung l Protest Gelbwesten

French lawmakers back environmental change to constitution

French lawmakers in the lower house have backed a bill adding environmental protections to the constitution.
PoliticsMarch 16, 2021
People pray at a mosque

France to curb foreign imams to counter extremism

President Macron intends to combat "foreign interference" in the training of imams and the financing of mosques.
PoliticsFebruary 18, 2020
Marine le Pen

France: Far-right Le Pen to run for president

Marine Le Pen confirmed that she will run for president for a third time in an effort to defeat incumbent Macron.
PoliticsJanuary 16, 2020
Police at the scene of an attack on a mosque in Bayonne

Two wounded by far-right gunman in French mosque shooting

Two men have been shot outside a mosque in Bayonne by a man in his 80s who was trying to set the building on fire.
CrimeOctober 28, 2019
Paramedics at the scene in Lyon

Lyon stabbing rampage leaves 19-year-old dead

A man used a knife and a skewer to attack people at a Lyon bus stop, before being overpowered by people at the scene.
CrimeAugust 31, 2019
Burkini (Rolf Haid dpa/lsw)

Muslim women in France defy burkini ban

National Rally leader Marine Le Pen said the all-encompassing swimsuit has "no place in France."
ReligionJune 25, 2019
Europawahl - Berlin AfD Jörg Meuthen

How will the AfD shape the EU Parliament?

Germany's right-wing populist AfD party will only have limited influence, but its lawmakers hope to learn from the best.
PoliticsJune 16, 2019
Marine Le Pen at the center of her fellow far-right MEPs in 'Identity and Democracy'

Far-right forms new group in European Parliament

Italy's League and France's National Rally lead 73 lawmakers in the new right-wing Identity and Democracy grouping.
PoliticsJune 14, 2019
Frankreich Front National Marine Le Pen

Inside Europe: Le Pen's chances in European Parliament vote

In France, far-right politician Marine Le Pen lost the presidential election two years ago, but she might get a better foothold in the upcoming European Parliament elections. The vote there seems to be shaping up as another showdown between Le Pen and centrist president Emmanuel Macron. Jake Cigainero has more from Paris.
PoliticsMay 17, 201903:18 min
Marine Le Pen with Matteo Salvini in Rome, October 2018

France's far-right National Rally joins Salvini's EU bloc

As Le Pen backs a new EU right-wing coalition, the group could form the second-largest bloc in the EU assembly.
PoliticsApril 20, 2019
Olli Kotro, Jörg Meuthen, Matteo Salvini, Anders Vistisen

Germany's AfD joins Italy's League to form new group

The far-right populist parties hope to build a broad coalition following the European Parliament elections in May.
PoliticsApril 8, 2019
National Rally leader Marine Le Pen

Le Pen stokes anti-EU sentiment

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party hopes to surge in May's elections for the European Parliament.
PoliticsFebruary 22, 2019
German, French and EU flags

What's in the Franco-German Treaty of Aachen?

The Aachen Treaty between Germany and France indicates the alliance of Europe's powerhouses.
PoliticsJanuary 22, 2019
Macron gestures with both hands during a January speech in Paris

Macron calls for 'debate' in letter to nation

French President Emmanuel Macron penned a letter calling on citizens to turn "anger into solutions."
PoliticsJanuary 14, 2019
Marine Le Pen with Matteo Salvini

Le Pen says Bannon can't 'save Europe'

The former adviser to Donald Trump has offered to help euroskeptic parties win the 2019 European elections.
PoliticsOctober 8, 2018
Matteo Salvini

Italy's Matteo Salvini: EU has 'ruined our country'

The Italian deputy premier is talking up his dispute with the EU as he talks up next year's EU elections.
PoliticsOctober 5, 2018
Marine Le Pen

'It's staggering!': Le Pen outraged over psychological exam

Le Pen says the order is part of a government plot to discredit her.
PoliticsSeptember 20, 2018
Marine Le Pen

Le Pen slams seizure of party funds

Marine Le Pen has warned her party could die within months after a French court seized party funds.
Law and JusticeJuly 10, 2018
National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen

France cuts off Le Pen party funds

Marine Le Pen said the future of her far-right party is at stake after French judges withheld millions in state funds.
PoliticsJuly 8, 2018
Marine Le Pen, head of French far-right National Front (FN) party, Tomio Okamura, leader of Czech far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy party (SPD) and Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders of the PVV party (Partij voor de Vrijheid) give a press conference during a conference of the rightwing Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) group in the European parliament on December 16, 2017

Far-right MEPs to pay back €500k in EU funds

The Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) group includes lawmakers from France's National Rally and Italy's League party.
PoliticsJuly 3, 2018
Marine Le Pen

Le Pen ordered to repay €300,000 in misspent funds

The EU funds Le Pen has been ordered to repay relate to money she claimed for a parliamentary secretary.
Law and JusticeJune 19, 2018
DW cartoonist Sergey Elkin on the EU between the US and Russia

EU populists on Russia: Moving out of lockstep

Most EU governments are still wary of Russia following the 2014 crisis, but the populists have urged a softer approach.
ConflictsJune 3, 20187 images
French National Front leader Marine Le Pen attends the gathering of European populist far-right leaders

Europe's far-right populists eye EU elections

Far-right French politician Marine Le Pen has called on European nationalists to "fundamentally change" the EU.
PoliticsMay 2, 2018
National Front party congress

Le Pen proposes rebranding National Front

The far-right party must transform into a "rallying point to form a majority," Le Pen told supporters a party congress.
PoliticsMarch 11, 2018
Steve Bannon and Marine Le Pen in Lille

Bannon to French right: 'Let them call you racist'

Steve Bannon, who served as President Donald Trump's chief strategist, delivered a call to arms for far right politics.
PoliticsMarch 10, 2018
Front National election rally in France

Front National seeks fresh start

The Front National is heading for a relaunch that is likely to alienate some of its voters.
PoliticsMarch 10, 2018
Marine Le Pen

Le Pen charged for posting IS atrocities

Le Pen published the photos in response to a journalist who had compared the far right to jihadi militants.
PoliticsMarch 1, 2018
Marion Marechal-Le Pen at CPA

Le Pen niece calls for 'France first' in US speech

Former lawmaker Marion Marechal-Le Pen also railed against the European Union and Islam in her speech at CPAC.
PoliticsFebruary 23, 2018
Marion Marechal-Le Pen

Le Pen niece to address CPAC

Marion Marechal-Le Pen, the niece of FN leader Marine, will speak at CPAC, taking the stage shortly after Mike Pence.
PoliticsFebruary 20, 2018
Florian Philippot speaks at the first congress of his new French far-right party, The Patriots.

Former Le Pen aide launches far-right party

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PoliticsFebruary 18, 2018
Jean-Marie Le Pen

Flare-up in the Le Pen family feud?

Jean-Marie Le Pen has vowed to attend the upcoming National Front congress, despite the party having banned him.
PoliticsFebruary 9, 2018
Rechtspopulistische Parteiführer

Right-wing leaders slam EU and immigration

In Prague, right-wing leaders from France, Holland and Italy called for an end to the EU in its current form.
PoliticsDecember 16, 2017
Laurent Wauquiez

France's conservatives move to the right

France's main opposition party has chosen conservative hard-liner Laurent Wauquiez as its new leader.
PoliticsDecember 10, 2017
Marine Le Pen with her letters from the banks

Le Pen challenges banks after account closures

HSBC and Societe Generale are being taken to court by France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen for discrimination.
BusinessNovember 22, 2017
Parlamentswahl in Frankreich 2017 Marine Le Pen Front National

France's Marine Le Pen stripped of parliamentary immunity

The French parliament has lifted far-right leader Marine Le Pen's immunity from prosecution.
CrimeNovember 8, 2017
Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron REUTERS/Charles Platiau

World reacts to German election results

World leaders, including Emmanuel Macron of France, have congratulated Chancellor Angela Merkel on her election win.
PoliticsSeptember 25, 2017
Frankreich Front National Florian Philippot und Marine Le Pen

Le Pen's right-hand man quits France's National Front

Florian Philippot has said "I'm not into beng ridiculed" amidst continuing turmoil in the far-right party.
PoliticsSeptember 21, 2017
Emmanuel Macron in Marseille

Poll: France not so sweet on Emmanuel Macron

The French president's popularity rating has dropped 10 points in a month according to a new opinion poll.
PoliticsJuly 24, 2017
Frankreich Sandrine Le Feur (C) Parlamentsabgeordnete

Marine Le Pen under formal investigation

Marine Le Pen has been formally charged over the alleged misuse of EU funds to pay her parliamentary assistants.
CrimeJune 30, 2017
Marine Le Pen in the European Parliament

EU lifts Le Pen's immunity, again

The European Parliament has once again voted to lift the far-right leader Marine Le Pen's immunity from prosecution.
PoliticsJune 15, 2017
Frankreich Emmanuel Macron

Macron's LREM set for overwhelming majority

Preliminary results have put the French president's political startup well ahead of traditional parties.
PoliticsJune 11, 2017
Frankreich Wahlkampf in Carpentras

Frustration under the sycamores

France's far-right National Front knows how to exploit areas lacking in opportunity.
PoliticsJune 10, 2017