Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron did everything they could this week to demonstrate a close partnership. This is likely because both fear that the next French president could be nationalist Marine Le Pen.
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…
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…
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…
Le Pen heeft het volle recht de mogelijkheden van het juridisch systeem te benutten. Maar het is de wereld op zijn kop dat ze zich in deze door haar zelf gecreëerde situatie opstelt als slachtoffer van het systeem.
A court ruling clears the way for Marine Le Pen to run for president next year.
Marine Le Pen, convicted of embezzling EU funds, announces her plans to run in 2027 after winning an appeal.
Marine Le Pen kondigde aan dat ze zal meedoen aan de Franse presidentsverkiezingen van volgend jaar, slechts enkele uren nadat het hof in Parijs haar groen licht had gegeven. Daarmee neemt ze een enorme gok, stellen experts.
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A court ruling has allowed Le Pen to campaign despite embezzlement conviction, sparking heated debates across France.
French hard-right leader Marine Le Pen has decided to run for president despite her conviction on embezzlement charges and she is counting on her political heir Jordan Bardella to run alongside her, casting him as her future prime minister. But how aligned are Marine Le Pen and Bardella? Do they think alike?…
Het Franse Hof van Cassatie zegt de zaak van de radicaal-rechtse politica Marine Le Pen uiterlijk begin april te kunnen behandelen. Dinsdag werd Le Pen in hoger beroep veroordeeld voor het verduisteren van EU-geld, maar nog dezelfde dag maakte ze bekend in cassatie te gaan en alsnog deel te nemen aan de verkiezingen.
France’s right-wing populist Marine Le Pen is running for President. Her chances aren’t bad. Her party, the RN, is already reaching out to Germany.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen announced on Tuesday that she will run for president in 2027, after an appeals court shortened her ban on running for office, even as it upheld her conviction for embezzling EU funds to pay party staff. She also said she would appeal the conviction. Le Pen immediately launched…
De Franse radicaalrechtse politica Marine Le Pen stelt zich toch verkiesbaar bij de komende presidentsverkiezingen in Frankrijk in 2027. Dat maakte ze dinsdagavond bekend. Eerder op de dag werd Le Pen in hoger beroep veroordeeld voor misbruik van EU-geld. Ze kondigde aan tegen de uitspraak in cassatie te gaan.
From being a political scapegoat, the far-right party National Rally has managed to become the most popular political force in France under the reign of Marine Le Pen, the founder's daughter - and that despite not dropping its anti-immigration and far-right rhetoric. FRANCE 24's Solange Mougin tells us how the party…
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen saw her conviction for fraud upheld by a Paris appeals court on Tuesday. The court sentenced Le Pen to a three-year jail term, but with two years suspended and one year with an electronic ankle tag. It means Le Pen will be eligible to run in France’s 2027 presidential elections…
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of embezzling EU fund, with the appeal's court sentencing her to a 15-month ineligibility for office and a year with an electronic tag. Technically this would allow her to run for the presidential election, but she has said she would not run with an…
Het Franse Hof van Beroep heeft de radicaal-rechtse politica Marine Le Pen ook in hoger beroep schuldig bevonden aan het misbruik van EU-geld. Als onderdeel van haar straf mag ze zich 45 maanden niet verkiesbaar stellen, waarvan 30 voorwaardelijk.
Marine Le Pen kan zich mogelijk toch kandidaat stellen voor de Franse presidentsverkiezingen van 2027. Het hof in Parijs heeft haar veroordeling grotendeels bevestigd, maar de periode waarin zij zich niet verkiesbaar mag stellen teruggebracht van vijf jaar naar vijftien maanden. Daardoor loopt het verbod dat in maart…
De Franse politica Marine Le Pen wordt ook in hoger beroep schuldig bevonden aan het verduisteren van Europees geld. Zij mag zich 15 maanden niet verkiesbaar stellen.
De Franse rechter neemt dinsdag een politieke beslissing: mag de extreemrechtse Marine Le Pen meedoen aan de presidentsverkiezingen in 2027?