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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


Marine Le Pen: Wearing kippot should be banned

“Obviously, if the veil is banned, the kippa [should be] banned in public as well," French politician tells 'Le Monde.'

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In France, it all comes down to Marine Le Pen

Just one week before presidential second and final round of election, one name on all French lips: Marine Le Pen.

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French presidential elections, round one

Extreme Right candidate Le Pen delivers; tight race between Sarkozy and Hollande.

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Analysis: Nothing new from the Left

French presidential election: The discreet presence of the Israeli question.

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'Sarkozy’s Islamist crackdown for campaign'

National Front candidate for French presidential election Le Pen accuses rival of "electoral agitation after the Merah affair."

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'Prosor was unwittingly in photo with French far-rightist'

Foreign Ministry spokesman says "it was an error of judgment" for UN ambassador to be photographed with leader of far-right French party.

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Holocaust museum: No special treatment for Le Pen

Museum will treat French party leader Marine Le Pen, daughter of Holocaust-denying politician Jean Marie Le Pen, as regular visitor.

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