The Yellow Hat movement that has taken over rural France has become a major headache for French President Emmanuel Macron, ...

A secret group of French experts and technocrats that has been discreetly shaping Marine Le Pen's nationalist programme over ...

Emmanuel Macron and his principal opponent, far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen, recently found common ground when commenting ...

“It’s my political death they want,” far-right leader Marine Le Pen claimed in November – a prediction that proved prescient, though few took it seriously at the time. The three-time ...

A poll for a hard-right think tank tested Jordan Bardella as presidential candidate, but not his boss, Marine Le Pen – until ...

Jean-Luc Mélenchon nearly qualified for the second round of presidential elections just over three years ago. Now, 80% of ...

William Horobin writes about France, its economy and government from the Wall Street Journal’s bureau in Paris. He tracks economic data, the central bank and France’s role as a key player in the euro ...

A French court rules to bar Marine Le Pen from seeking office for five years. Right-wing leader Marine Le Pen leaves the courtroom early, sentenced to imprisonment and disqualified from holding ...

He told Jordan Bardella, long seen as the heir apparent to far-right leader Marine Le Pen, that he was the best placed to unify the French right and forge a new majority to succeed Macron.

By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of embezzlement of public funds and has been deemed ineligible to run for public office ...

Jordan Bardella, 29, has said he plans to be the French far-right National Rally's presidential candidate in 2027 if his mentor Marine Le Pen is barred from running. Le Pen, who has run for ...