Marine Le Pen

Your digest of analysis from the British and international press

President fends off far-right rival Marine Le Pen to secure historic second term

Emmanuel Macron leading in polls in final hours until run-off vote

Far-right candidate hoping to beat Emmanuel Macron with pledge to stem cost-of-living crisis

French president must knit together ‘republican front’ to defeat far-right candidate

Your digest of analysis from the British and international press

Polls suggest far-right candidate could push Emmanuel Macron close in run-off

Your digest of analysis from the British and international press

Old rival from the far-right threatens to upset incumbent’s hopes of second term

The ‘new face’ of the far-right is tipped to supplant Marine Le Pen as main threat to Emmanuel Macron

Success of centre-right parties suggests upcoming presidential contest may not be two-horse race

Alliance in Marseille aimed at preventing victory by Marine Le Pen’s National Rally

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party is rising in popularity ahead of next year’s election

Right-wing politicians call for end of the ‘dogma of the open border’

Rocked by mass protests and record-low approval ratings, France’s youngest leader since Napoleon faces electoral oblivion

Snapshot of polls suggest anti-EU parties will grow by more than 60% at next May’s election

France’s far-right may become National Rally as part of makeover ahead of 2019 election

Radical move may isolate Marine Le Pen from grass roots of far-right French party

The French far-right leader is furious after her Front National and personal bank accounts were closed

Europe 'breathes sigh of relief' as far-right is defeated, but new president must lead a deeply divided France

As France prepares to choose its next president, The Week reviews the merits of its two-round voting system

Six police officers injured following confrontation with 150 'professional vandals' armed with Molotov cocktails

Experts divided on how sustainable the boost to market sentiment will prove to be

French presidential candidate temporarily distances herself from far-right party as campaigning for second-round of voting begins

Outsider tipped to beat Marine Le Pen in battle for France's political soul

As the candidates meet tonight for a televised debate, we look at the main players and what they stand for

Netherlands was a 'litmus test', but France will be the 'bellweather election', say commentators

Republican presidential candidate 'throws down the gauntlet' to party leaders at mass rally in Paris

European parliament takes vote on National Front leader's tweets of Islamic State violence

Far-right candidate attacks radical Islam and globalisation during campaign rally in Lyon

Centre-right candidate expected to face National Front leader Marine Le Pen in next year's presidential campaign

Caution urged at festivals and markets as France arrests seven in anti-terror raids in Strasbourg and Marseilles

Ruling Socialists withdraw candidates to help defeat Front National

Far-right family feud deepens as the National Front's patriarch is suspended from the party he founded