By joining forces with the hard left, Le Pen's far-right National Rally party toppled Bayrou's predecessor Michel Barnier earlier this month. Many predict the centrist will also struggle to survive.

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that the days of France's new government are already numbered, predicting an early presidential election in a few months. Le Pen, 56, spoke a day after ...

The pro-reform Shagh Daily cited Mahmoud Behzadi Rad, an Iranian lawyer, as saying Khandan was sentenced in 2019 over spreading “propaganda against the system” and “collusion against national security ...

In deciding not to shore up Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his center-right government over an austere budget aimed at reducing France’s massive deficit, Le Pen pleased her traditional base. But ...

The first option would be effectively repeating the mistake that doomed Barnier’s minority government and required it to rely on tacit support from Le Pen’s troops. The National Rally enjoyed an ...

Marine Le Pen has played a waiting game for years as National Rally’s leader Backing the collapse of Michel Barnier's French government is a high-stakes moment for Marine Le Pen. It could lead ...

Only hours before the crunch vote was expected in the National Assembly, Barnier gave in to another one of far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s “red lines” by abandoning a plan to lower the ...