Marine Le Pen

French chaos: A godsend for Trump and Netanyahu, an extra shock for French Jews - opinion

Many French Jews are, in fact, asking themselves how authorities could protect them, despite their commitment to do so, if they fail to protect city halls, businesses, and regular citizens.

OCTOBER 21, 2026|BySEBASTIEN LEVI

Masked protesters stand next to burning bicycles amid clashes during a demonstration against the cost of living and rising fuel prices near the Place de la Republique in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement, joined by French high school and university students,

Marine Le Pen, President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party parliamentary group. Paris, France, June 2, 2024.

Chikli is whitewashing the French far Right - opinion

Chikli organized a conference on antisemitism attended by far-right parties, including the National Rally. For Marine Le Pen, this quasi-official visit to Israel was all the more significant.

OCTOBER 13, 2026|BySEBASTIEN LEVI

A masked student attempts to kick a tear gas canister, amid clashes with French riot police during a protest by French high school and university students near Lycee Paul Eluard high-school.

Police fire tear gas as French high school protests escalate nationwide over school conditions

The protests began in September in the deprived suburbs of Paris, before spreading nationwide, presenting a major challenge to President Emmanuel Macron's cash-strapped government.

OCTOBER 6, 2026|ByREUTERS

Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) political party, listens to the speech of Marine Le Pen, French far-right leader and member of parliament, in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, September 13, 2026.

French far-right leader Bardella denies media claim he made antisemitic remarks

Mediapart, in a report published on Monday, reviewed dozens of private messages from 2013-2015 that it said showed a pattern of antisemitic and conspiratorial rhetoric.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2026|ByREUTERS

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%.

JULY 1, 2024ByREUTERS

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.

JUNE 30, 2024ByREUTERS

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?

JUNE 23, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER

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.

JUNE 12, 2024BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

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.

NOVEMBER 12, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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.

NOVEMBER 5, 2022ByREUTERS

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.

Italy’s Jewish community isn’t worried about new 'fascist' PM

The world media has been covering the Italian election and the victory of Giorgia Meloni as the first woman Prime Minister intensively.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN

Leader of Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni holds a sign at the party's election night headquarters, in Rome, Italy September 26, 2022.

Will France's National Assembly perpetuate antisemitism? - opinion

In the National Assembly, 131 now represent the hard-left bloc of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and a further 89 are from Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally. Both have been accused of antisemitism.

JULY 21, 2022ByMARK REGEV