Marine Le Pen’s political career and the rise of the French far right: Timeline

Explore Marine Le Pen's political journey, the evolution of France's far-right, and her 2027 presidential ambitions.
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With Marine Le Pen on the right and Defiant France on the left, French Jews face an impossible choice

Marine Le Pen is back. And once again, the French Republic and the democratic values it represents, has its back against the ...

Marine Le Pen’s Return Has Sidelined Her Protégé. Can They Join Forces?

For months, Jordan Bardella was set to be the French far-right’s candidate for the presidency — until his mentor, Marine Le ...

Marine Le Pen ‘wants to talk politics’, but can she drown out the legal noise?

Viewed by some as a danger to democracy, the French far-right leader’s campaign is clouded in uncertainty under the shadow of an embezzlement case ...
France 24

France's far-right Le Pen and Bardella court Israel, Germany envoys ahead of presidential vote

France's far-right leaders have met the ambassadors of Germany and Israel in recent months as their party, once deemed ...

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she will run for president of France after court lifts ban

An appeals court shortened the ban on Le Pen, 57, holding public office. But it ordered her to wear an electronic monitoring ...

A timeline of Marine Le Pen's political career and the rise of the French far right

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's political future is on the line as a Paris appeals court rules on her eligibility to ...