After years trying to moderate her party’s image, the far-right leader, convicted of embezzlement, now voices Trump-like ...

Embezzlement and polarizing legal decisions aren’t new, of course. But the crisis of Western democracy, most fundamentally, ...

On March 31, 2025, a Parisian correctional court sentenced Marine Le Pen, the leader of the National Rally party, to four years in prison (including two years ...

Convicted of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, far-right politician Marine Le Pen stood unshaken ...

"I won't give up," Marine Le Pen told supporters gathered at Place Vauban on Sunday, as she vowed to fight her recent ...

Convicted of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, far-right politician Marine Le Pen stood unshaken ...

Yvon Castel says he has voted for the far-right National Rally for years, but is less than impressed by the tactics its ...

The sentence looks primed to set off a firestorm on the far right, both in France and across Europe. A visibly stunned Marine ...

In response to the ruling ... there were legitimate questions over whether there was political interference, he said. Rahman ...

If Le Pen’s sentencing jolted the French political system, it sent a thunderclap through the nationalist corridors of Europe.

including some highly political work related to the party, which was called the National Front at the time. While testifying, Le Pen told the court: “I absolutely don’t feel I have committed ...

In 2022, Macron won with 58.5% of the vote to Le Pen’s 41.5% — significantly closer than when they first faced off in 2017 and the best score ever of the French far right in a presidential bid.