Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried ...

The memorial for Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was known for his racist and antisemitic remarks, comes as the National Rally has become the driving force in French politics. By Richard Fausset and ...

Her National Rally party has the largest single group in the National Assembly, France's powerful lower house of parliament.

Both the far-right National Rally and center-left Socialist Party declined to back a no-confidence vote in new French Prime ...

Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time' ...

Hundreds of opponents marked passing of divisive political figure with chants, fireworks, and demonstrations in cities ...

PARIS - The long-term survival prospects of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's minority government have shrunk as he ...

The death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the party once known as the National Front, occurs at a time when the ...

Emmanuel Macron has seen his approval ratings plummet to a six-year low, according to a new poll. The French President ...

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French Prime Minister François Bayrou survived his first major test in the National Assembly on Thursday after Socialist lawmakers and the far-right National Rally chose not to support a no ...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she will never forgive herself for expelling her father Jean-Marie Le Pen from the party he founded and she rebranded, after he died last week aged 96.