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French candidates race to claim the cost-of-living issue ahead of 2027 vote

A new Ipsos survey reveals a country gripped by pessimism, with soaring prices the top worry for French voters ahead of the April 2027 presidential election. Candidates from far-right leader Marine Le Pen, to the far-left's Jean-Luc Mélenchon are racing to make the cost of living the defining issue of…

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Le Pen vows to put French citizens first, tackle housing and cost-of-living crisis at first campaign speech

Marine Le Pen gave her first major campaign speech in northern France on Sunday, pledging to prioritise French citizens, as well as to tackle the cost-of-living and housing crises.

Euronews

Le Pen kicks off presidential election campaign amid party tensions

It comes amid reported friction between Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, the president of the National Rally party.

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Did the War on Terror succeed? Or did Washington fall into al Qaeda’s trap?

PRESS REVIEW: Friday, September 11– 25 years on from 9/11, the international press reflects on the war on terror, its legacy and its failings. In France, the far-right National Rally party tries desperately to distance itself from the overtly racist comments of one of its security officials, made while on…

France 24

RN 'breach': Amid 'severe' differences with 'bright, young' Bardella, Le Pen 'dictates party line'

François Picard is pleased to welcome Victor Mallet, Financial Times Senior Editor at the World News Desk. He interprets the emerging tensions between Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella as more than a clash of personalities. They reveal a deeper struggle over the political future of France's far-right National Rally…

France 24

French police officers suspended over racist video as far-right links emerge

Four municipal police officers in the southern French city of Carcassonne remain suspended on Thursday as prosecutors investigate racist, sexist and homophobic remarks caught on a police body camera.

Radio France Internationale

'Sickening' racist remarks and calls for a coup: French police under investigation

A newspaper has released a video filmed in 2025 by police during a night patrol. The officer behind most of the extremist comments is a former paratrooper with close ties to the far-right National Rally party.

Euronews

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France's far-right National Rally fires policeman from security team over racist, sexist comments

France's far-right National Rally (RN) has expelled a policeman from its ranks after bodycam footage of him making racist, homophobic and sexist remarks was published on Wednesday. The controversy threatens to revive scrutiny of the party's efforts to distance itself from its extremist past ahead of next year's presidential election.

France 24

Reform insists National Rally agreed migrant policy after backlash in France

Critics say agreement between Nigel Farage and Jordan Bardella to return migrants to France goes against France’s ‘interests and sovereignty’

The Guardian - UK

AfD victory exposes divisions in France’s far-right as National Rally stays silent

France’s far-right responded in markedly different ways to the AfD’s sweeping victory in Germany’s regional elections, with the National Rally (RN) maintaining a conspicuous silence on Monday while Éric Zemmour’s Reconquête openly celebrated the result.

Euronews

Two senior Reform UK officials resign as Farage faces fresh foreign donations scandal

Two senior officials from the hard-right Reform UK party stepped down Friday following a hidden-camera investigation that appeared to show them soliciting substantial foreign funding for party-commissioned opinion polls and a potential £500,000 donation from a US donor – banned under UK law.

France 24

Farage and Le Pen’s prodigy Bardella sign pact to ‘stop small boats forever’

The Reform UK leader and National Rally president pledged a new ‘entente cordiale’ between the UK and France

The Independent UK

Bardella to meet with Farage at Reform party conference in Birmingham, as part of international tour

Jordan Bardella and Nigel Farage are set to discuss illegal migration, as well as joint cooperation between the UK and France aimed at tackling small boat crossing at the Reform party conference on Friday.

Euronews

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…

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The Guardian - UK

‘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

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

International Business Times UK

Marine Le Pen Can Run for French President—But May Have to Campaign Wearing an Ankle Tag

Marine Le Pen can run in France's 2027 presidential election after an appeals court upheld her conviction but restored her eligibility, creating a unique scenario of campaigning under electronic monitoring.

The Independent UK

Marine Le Pen speaks out on her French presidency hopes after appeals court ruling

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Marine Le Pen vows to run in France’s 2027 presidential election despite fraud conviction

The leader of the National Rally announced on French TV that she would remain a candidate for the 2027 presidential election despite a court finding her guilty of embezzling EU funds.

France 24

No stopping Le Pen? French appeals court clears way for 2027 presidential run

Did a court decision just alter the outcome of a French presidential election that's less than 300 days away? Marine Le Pen's conviction for funnelling EU parliamentary staff funds to her far-right National Rally party initially left her facing 30 months of ineligibility to run for public office. But that…

Bangkok Post

Court leaves opening for Le Pen to seek French presidency

PARIS - A French appeal court on Tuesday upheld Marine Le Pen’s conviction for misusing EU funds but shortened her ban on running for public office, in theory preserving a path for the far-right leader to run in the 2027 presidential election.

The Times of India

France's Marine Le Pen sentenced to house arrest, 2027 presidential bid remains uncertain

Marine Le Pen faces house arrest and a ban from public office after a court ruling. This sentence could impact her presidential election bid scheduled for April and May 2027. The case involves allegations of misusing European Parliament funds for fake jobs between 2004 and 2016. Le Pen denies the…

The Independent UK

Jordan Bardella: Le Pen’s 30-year-old protege hoping to become France’s next president

Bardella is frontrunner to become the next president if Le Pen does not run

The Economic Times

French court opens door to possible Le Pen presidential run, with ankle tag

A French appeal court upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misusing EU funds. The ruling allows her to run for office while serving a jail term. She faces a three-year sentence, with one year under an electronic ankle tag. This sentence may make a presidential campaign logistically difficult for Le…

France 24

France's Le Pen cleared to run for president in 2027 but with ankle bracelet

Marine Le Pen's path to the French presidency was thrown back into uncertainty on Tuesday after an appeals court cleared the far-right leader to run in next year's presidential election but ordered her to serve a one-year sentence with an ankle bracelet, raising questions over whether she could effectively campaign.

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