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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

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'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


Renegade Israeli politician Hazan berated for endorsing France's Le Pen

Hazan’s last international endorsement, before the far-right French candidate, was US President Donald Trump.

Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for French 2017 presidential election, celebrates after early results in the first round of 2017 French presidential election, in Henin-Beaumont, France

Macron leads polls going into debate

Independent presidential candidate’s bout with far-rightist Le Pen getting personal

France votes: Macron vs Le Pen

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En se prononçant en faveur de Macron et Le Pen, les électeurs ont avant tout exprimé leur rejet de la classe politique traditionnelle

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Le Pen allies with first-round loser ahead of runoff

Polls show Macron winning next Sunday with about 59-60 percent.

SUPPORTERS OF Marine Le Pen put up a poster earlier this year. There has been a meteoric rise of right-wing movements in Europe, writes the author.

The French Jewish community's hardening position against Le Pen

The country's Jewish community is now taking a firm position against the far-right National Front party candidate for France's next president.

Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for French 2017 presidential election, celebrates after early results in the first round of 2017 French presidential election, in Henin-Beaumont, France

Holocaust controversy comes back to haunt Le Pen's election campaign

The vice-president of the French National Front will not take over the party leadership due to allegations that he made remarks about Nazi gas chambers.

Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for French 2017 presidential election, celebrates after early results in the first round of 2017 French presidential election, in Henin-Beaumont, France

Le Pen indicates kosher, halal slaughter ban if elected French president

Le Pen has called on French Jews to make “sacrifices” to curb radical Islam and has promised to be French Jewry’s “shield” against Islam.

Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for French 2017 presidential election, celebrates after early results in the first round of 2017 French presidential election, in Henin-Beaumont, France

Marine Le Pen may lose parliamentary immunity

Comment comparing Muslim prayers in Paris streets to Germany occupation during WWII might cost president of France’s National Front party parliamentary immunity.

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Le Pen defends daughter's 'kippa ban' comments

French far-rightist says daughter called on Jews to remove yarmulkes in public to make ban on burkas easier to enforce.

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European Jewry’s choice

Europeans – both Jewish and not – must be careful not to lose sight of the principles of liberalism and tolerance embedded in democratic thought as they confront the challenge presented by Muslim extremism in their midst.

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