Marine Le Pen

French government sets its sights on silencing pan-European Muslim NGO

Not content with shutting down Muslim civil societies group in the country, now Paris wants to silence critics outside the country.

Meet the two politicians vying to become France’s first female president

The far-right National Rally's Marine Le Pen and Paris's Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo launched their campaigns on Sunday to challenge Emmanuel Macron in the upcoming presidential elections.

France sets up 'office of secularism' to protect country against Muslims

Decried and mocked in equal measure, Paris announced another policy widely seen as targeting the country's embattled Muslim community.

Marine Le Pen re-elected as head of France's far-right

The results of last month's regional elections have raised questions about Marine Le Pen's strategy of trying to detoxify her party's brand and position it as a more mainstream right-wing force.

Why establishment parties made a comeback in France's regional elections

President Emmanuel Macron-affiliated candidates could not win a single regional poll, signalling that the upcoming presidential elections will be an uphill battle for the embattled leader.

Le Pen's far-right fails to win breakthrough in French vote

Marine Le Pen's party fails to win any of 12 regions while centrist ruling party of President Macron suffers another poll drubbing in second round of regional elections marked by a woeful turnout.

France's regional election poses crucial test for far right

Polls suggested that Le Pen's party had some momentum, with legitimate ambitions to win control of leadership councils in one or more of France’s 12 mainland regions.

Man who slapped France's Macron suspected of having ties to far-right

French police reportedly recover weapons and a copy of Adolf Hitler’s autobiography from the house of one of the suspects involved in public slapping of President Emmanuel Macron.

French politician calls for army to be 'purged' as military officers rebel

A new anonymous letter penned by French military officers emerges calling French politicians "cowards" and failing to deal with Islam and Muslims.

Are French military officers calling for an uprising?

Almost half of French people support the military intervening in the country’s affairs following a letter by military officers saying they would take up arms to defend France against ‘suburban hordes.’

France’s Le Pen acquitted in hate speech case over Daesh tweets

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen posted graphic images on Twitter of crimes committed by Daesh in late 2015 after a prominent television interviewer compared her party to the terror group.

France to punish soldiers over ex-officers' call to arms

Open letter by retired generals warned country is headed for "civil war" unless President Macron cracks down on "Islamism and the suburban hordes", a missive supported by the far-right leader Marine Le Pen.