French Prime Minister Michel Barnier attends a debate at the National Assembly while France's minority government may be on its last legs as opposition lawmakers moved this week toward a no ...

French politics to get ‘even messier' as far-right figurehead Le Pen rails against ban, analysts warn By Holly Ellyatt, CNBC • Published April 1, 2025 • Updated on April 1, 2025 at 3:22 am ...

Convicted of embezzlement and slapped with a five year ban on running for public office, where does arch-conservative Marine Le Pen go from here — and will the movement she leads follow?

The other, more political, aim of the motion of no confidence was to establish the left as the sole opponent of Barnier's government, at a time when the RN appears hesitant about its strategy.

A fixture for decades in French politics, the fiery Jean-Marie Le Pen was a wily political strategist and gifted orator who used his charisma to captivate crowds with his anti-immigration message. 4.

Paris has been plunged into more political turmoil after far-right firebrand Marine Le Pen's presidential hopes were dashed by a ban to run for public office — as analysts warn the decision ...