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Parties on left and right argued over event attended by former presidents and Marine Le Pen – while Macron stayed away

French President Emmanuel Macron said he would not join a march in Paris against anti-Semitism on Sunday, but would attend it in his "thoughts". Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she plans to attend the rally, triggering a round of bickering by political parties amid a surge in anti-Semitic incidents…

A political hot potato singes progressives across the continent.

As antisemitic incidents rise in France, far right leader’s party is promising to protect French Jews from Islamism

The conservative Les Republicains party has maintained a majority in the French Senate after elections on Sunday that brought three members of the far-right National Rally into the upper house of parliament for the first time.

Widespread riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager with North African roots have revealed the depth of discontent roiling poor neighborhoods

Whether in Italy, Spain, France or Finland, parties that were once outcasts are fast gaining respectability – and power

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Marine Le Pen and the recent far-right demonstration in Paris. There’s an homage to loving fathers and the “Listeners Corner” with Paul Myers. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Play”…

Dogged by accusations of proximity to the Kremlin, Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party had hoped to clear its name by setting up a parliamentary inquiry to investigate foreign interference in French politics. But a draft report on the committee’s findings, which was leaked to the press this week,…

Jean-Luc Mélenchon also criticises French TV coverage while National Rally MP hails ‘magnificent’ ceremony

Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally or RN) party hopes to use the national crisis to continue its long ascent in French politics, adopting a balancing act as its strategy. RN opposes President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms along with most of the French public, while presenting itself as…