Marine Le Pen

French court shortens Marine Le Pen's ban from office but orders electronic tag

The court ruled Le Pen would serve a three-year jail term. Although the court said two years were suspended, it ordered her to wear an electronic ankle tag for one year.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, member of the Rassemblement National party, arrives to attend the verdict in her appeal trial, alongside the RN party and 10 others found guilty of diverting European Parliament funds, at the Paris courthouse on the Ile de la Cite, in France, July 7, 2026.
Jordan Bardella, president of the French National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party, waves to the crowd at the League party annual rally in Pontida, Italy, September 21, 2025.

French poll shows far-right leader Bardella winning presidential election

 Marine Le Pen

'Witch hunt': The global right-wing populist rallying cry threatening democracy - opinion

 French far-right leader Marine Le Pen waves to the crowd, during a rally in support of her in Paris, France, April 6, 2025.

Le Pen evokes spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. as supporters rally in Paris


The fate of French Jews in the aftermath of the snap elections - opinion

Following the first round of French snap elections, many French Jews wonder: where are we heading?

 Marine Le Pen and President Emmanual Macron

French Jewish community heads request meeting with National Rally's Le Pen

The Jewish leaders represented small communities and suburbs and did not come from any of the country's established Jewish groups or institutions.

 Marine Le Pen, member of parliament and member of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party parliamentary group during a debate about the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the National Assembly in Paris, October 23, 2023.

France's political shift and Israel's delicate balancing act - analysis

Amichai Chikli: "It would be excellent for Marine Le Pen to be the president."

 People gather to protest against the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, at Place de la Republique following partial results in the first round of the early 2024 legislative elections, in Paris, France, June 30, 2024.

Paris Grand Synagogue Rabbi: ‘There is no future for Jews in France’

"It is clear today that there is no future for Jews in France," Rabbi Moshe Sebbag told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. "I tell everyone who is young to go to Israel or a more secure country."

 A man walks past graves desecrated with swastikas at the Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, near Strasbourg, France, December 4, 2019.

Historic win for far right in French first-round vote

The RN and allies had 33% of the vote, followed by a leftwing bloc with 28% and President Emmanuel Macron's centrists with just 20%.

 People hold French national flags as they gather to protest against the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, at the Place de la Republique following partial results in the first round of the early 2024 legislative elections, in Paris, France, June 30, 2024.

Far-right leads France election, but final result remains uncertain, exit polls show

Participation in Sunday's vote was high, underlining how France's rumbling political crisis has energized the electorate.

 French President Emmanuel Macron kisses a person's head, as he arrives at a polling station to vote in the first round of the early French parliamentary elections, in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France, June 30, 2024.

Marine Le Pen's National Rally is better for French Jews than the left, says Nazi-hunter

“The National Rally supports Jews, supports the state of Israel,” said historian, lawyer and Nazi-hunter Serge Klarsfeld. But do French Jews agree?

 BEATE AND Serge Klarsfeld.

French conservative leader embraces Marine Le Pen’s far-right party with history of antisemitism

Even as Marine Le Pen has publicly denounced antisemitism, her supporters still disproportionately harbor antisemitic attitudes.

President of the French conservative party Les Republicains and member of Parliament Eric Ciotti and far-right National Rally president Marine Le Pen attend a session of the National Assembly in Paris, April 4, 2023.

Marine Le Pen to attend march against antisemitism, sparking controversy

"We do not want people who are heirs to a party founded by former collaborators [with Nazi Germany] to be present,” said the leader of a major Jewish umbrella organization in France.

 Marine Le Pen, member of parliament and member of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party parliamentary group during a debate about the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the National Assembly in Paris, October 23, 2023.

Bardella to replace Marine Le Pen as president of France's far-right party RN

France's far-right Rassemblement National elected Jordan Bardella as its new president, overwhelmingly backing the 27-year-old European Parliament member to succeed Marine Le Pen in the post.

 Jordan Bardella, newly-elected President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party, holds the hand of Marine Le Pen, member of parliament and member of the French far-right National Rally party, after the results during the National Rally party's Congress in Paris.