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In France, a week is indeed a long time in politics

October 15, 2025 11:39 am

President Macron’s government faces rising far-right pressure, economic instability, and legislative deadlock as France's political fragmentation deepens

France's heatwave politics: Far-right leader Le Pen proposes massive AC plan ahead of 2027 election

July 08, 2025 8:20 pm

According to France’s national environment agency Ademe, only 25 per cent of French homes had air conditioning in 2020 which was 14 per cent up from 2016.

This Word Means: Embezzlement

April 01, 2025 8:45 pm

Every day, 500 words on a word (or expression) that has appeared in The Indian Express

The politics behind Europe's 'democratic backsliding'

April 01, 2025 8:24 pm

Democratic backsliding in Europe aligns with the rise of right-wing populist parties and pressure from the Trump administration

Political analyst Arnaud Benedetti said the ban on Marine Le Pen would reverberate across parties and through the electorate in France.

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from running for office for 5 years after graft conviction

March 31, 2025 8:18 pm

Le Pen, her party and two dozen party figures were accused of diverting more than 4 million euros ($4.33 million) of European Parliament funds to pay France-based staff.

French far right says government spurned budget talks

December 01, 2024 11:42 pm

RN lawmaker Marine Le Pen had given Barnier until Monday to yield to the party's budget demands or face the threat that they would back a likely no confidence motion against his government, which would trigger its collapse.

Le Pen allies decry witch-hunt as prosecutors threaten her French presidential hopes

November 16, 2024 2:23 am

The prosecutors' move to seek a "provisional execution" on the public office ban - a tough, rarely used tool that means the ban would stand irrespective of any appeal - casts doubt on Le Pen's chances of running in the 2027 presidential election.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, member of parliament of the Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, arrives to attend the first session and to elect the new President of the National Assembly, after the French parliamentary elections. (Reuters)

Far-right National Rally lost the French elections — and emerged as its winner

July 20, 2024 4:17 pm

Left or Centre-right, whoever comes to power will have to confront the reality that nearly 40 per cent of France, raised on slogans of liberté, equalité and fraternité, has voted for a xenophobic, racist and anti-semitic National Rally

Le Pen accuses left of inciting 'Capitol Hill' style protest in France

July 10, 2024 6:07 pm

The leftwing New Popular Front (NFP) unexpectedly won most seats but with no group having gained an absolute majority, France has been plunged into uncertainty, with no obvious path to a stable government.

Marine Le Pen of National Rally RN France

French elections: The rise of France’s far-right National Rally Party

July 08, 2024 1:35 pm

While the National Rally did not emerge as the biggest party in the French Parliament, its rise has been noteworthy in French politics. Here is its story.