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Marine Le Pen’s career has been resurrected – and she is a bigger threat than ever

No longer banned from next year’s presidential election, Le Pen is a far more formidable force than her understudy, Jordan Bardella, says Mujtaba Rahman of Europe at Eurasia Group

The Guardian - UK

French MEP Glucksmann seeks to unite the left in bid for French presidency

Centre-left politician Raphaël Glucksmann on Sunday launched his bid for the French presidency, aiming to unite moderate left-wing voters and challenge far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon ahead of France’s 2027 election. With Marine Le Pen leading first-round polls, Glucksmann is seeking to position himself as a pro-European, pro-Ukraine alternative to both…

France 24

How the far right is tightening its grip over the EU – from the inside

The centrist coalition that traditionally shaped EU laws is now colluding with MEPs from the AfD and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, says academic Alberto Alemanno

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Will brutal wildfires force French leaders to take climate crisis seriously?

Campaigners worry politicians will have moved on by time of elections in which Marine Le Pen is expected to challenge

The Guardian - UK

Why are France's top earners leaving and where are they going?

France lost a net total of 800 millionaires in 2025. While this outflow represents a tiny fraction of its total wealthy population, a range of factors are prompting them to leave.

Euronews

Germany to join French nuclear exercise in bid to boost defence cooperation

Germany will take part in a French nuclear exercise later this year, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday after key defence talks with French President Emmanuel Macron at an air base near Cologne. Merz said the two countries would also continue to develop the ‌cloud solution from ‌the FCAS joint fighter…

France 24

Merz hosts Macron in Cologne for key defence talks one month after FCAS initiative collapse

Macron and Merz are holding the critical talks in a symbolic setting where President Charles de Gaulle and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer previously met and agreed on establishing friendly Franco-German ties.

Euronews

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Fears over foreign influence in France, as Musk backs Le Pen presidential bid

Billionaire Elon Musk has thrown his support behind far-right leader Marine Le Pen's bid for the French presidency, calling her "France's last hope", and prompting accusations of foreign interference in the 2027 election.

Radio France Internationale

'Marine Le Pen is France's last hope', says Musk amid interference claims

In a post on X on Wednesday, Elon Musk backed Marine Le Pen ahead of France’s presidential vote, prompting claims of foreign interference and electoral risk.

Euronews

Forget being French president; Marine Le Pen is lucky not to be in prison. Why is she in public life at all?

The far right leader’s career is not the issue: it’s whether a politician with her record has a legitimate right to seek office, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

The Guardian - UK

The week in pictures: Le Pen's comeback, Khamenei's funeral and Mbappé's wondergoal

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was cleared to run in next year's presidential election, despite having her embezzlement conviction confirmed, in a week that saw Iran hold days-long funeral ceremonies for slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and football stars Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi deliver moments of magic…

France 24

Le Pen has one last chance to win power in France – can she do it with an ankle tag?

IN FOCUS: The far-right leader has defied calls to hand the leadership bid to protege Jordan Bardella despite previously saying she would not run for president with an ankle tag. Experts tell James C. Reynolds that she still faces significant challenges

The Independent UK

The Rise and Pause of Jordan Bardella

The political landscape in France changed this week after the appeal court judges upheld the guilty verdict against Marine Le Pen for misappropriating European Parliament funds, but reduced the five-year ban on her standing for public office to fifteen months. Time already served, said the Paris court. With Marine Le…

France 24

‘Politicians have always been schemers’: upheld conviction fails to dent Le Pen’s popularity

Presidential bid by leader of far-right National Rally has no shortage of supporters in scenic Montargis

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Iran: Forewarnings and a Funeral, NATO, Le Pen

It’s been a week of shifting alliances, escalating tensions and political drama. NATO leaders gathered in Turkey for another pivotal summit, where President Trump arrived questioning the alliance’s loyalty before leaving in a markedly warmer mood, as attention also turned to his relationship with President Zelensky and the future of…

Euronews

Podcast | What's keeping NATO together and what's pulling it apart?

With the escalation of the war in Ukraine, the deteriorating EU-US relationship, and the unstable situation in the Middle East, what's the state of the NATO alliance?

Euronews

'I'm not a candidate': Lagarde tells Euronews as French election speculation grows

Lagarde told Euronews that she is not "a candidate", while vowing to continue championing European ideals. Speculation that she could leave the ECB early to play an active role in the campaign is rife in Brussels and Paris.

Radio France Internationale

How appeal court verdict against Le Pen puts her back in the running for 2027

A French appeals court this week upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzling funds from the European Parliament and sentenced her to house arrest – something the far-right leader previously said would rule her out of France's 2027 presidential race. Yet Le Pen still has one last legal recourse to…

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The Guardian - UK

Populism unites Le Pen and Farage. But she is a step closer to power

Marine Le Pen is a convicted criminal. But now she’s running for office and there is still no credible candidate to oppose her, says the academic Catherine Fieschi

The Guardian - UK

Marine Le Pen ‘wants to talk politics’, but can she drown out the legal noise?

The French far-right leader’s presidential campaign is clouded in uncertainty under the shadow of an embezzlement conviction

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Marine Le Pen’s candidacy: a dangerous gamble

Editorial: The far-right leader has reached for the Trumpian playbook in plotting a possible path to the Élysée. The consequences are alarmingly unpredictable

The Guardian - UK

Marine Le Pen will run for election in 2027. Will she have to wear an electronic tag?

Court clears way for RN leader to be candidate after she was confirmed guilty of overseeing a scheme in which she misused more than €4m

The Conversation

‘Let the people judge me’: how Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage learned a potent populist tactic from Donald Trump

The European populist right has been at the top of the political agenda in recent days.

Euronews

‘People admire scars’: MEPs fear Le Pen more than Bardella

The general feeling in the European Parliament is that the longstanding far-right leader has a better chance of becoming France’s president than her younger successor.

The Guardian - UK

Marine Le Pen launches France presidential campaign after ban reduced

Far-right leader plans to take part in 2027 race despite appeal court upholding her conviction for embezzlement

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