Furious Macron dressed down ministers after botched leak of Muslim Brotherhood report
The tirade was a clear warning to Justice Minister Gรฉrald Darmanin and Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.
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Yellow hat revolt: Inside Franceโs rural rising
With rural discontent growing, Marine Le Penโs far-right party sees an opportunity ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups tried to influence EU: report
French authorities allege the Islamist group has gone to great lengths to push its fundamentalist agenda in France and throughout Europe.
Polish stocks enjoy big rally as investors seek havens from trade war
WIG index up more than 28% this year as one of worldโs top performing bourses, helped by Germanyโs fiscal โbazookaโ
Race for Polandโs presidency blows wide open
The June 1 second-round vote will have an impact well beyond Poland.
Scorn in the USA: Trump wants probe into celeb endorsements as Springsteen needles president
โCandidates arenโt allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did,” U.S. president roars, as he also targets Beyoncรฉ and Bono over 2024 election campaign.
How Trump took over the worldโs glitziest film festival
The U.S. president’s threats against foreign films are the talk of the town as the movie industry gathers in Cannes to celebrate cinema.
Upset stomach stops Portugal far-right candidateโs campaigning
Esophageal spasms are keeping Andrรฉ Ventura off the campaign trail.
Portuguese far-right leader taken to hospital after second collapse
Andrรฉ Ventura taken ill at campaign event less than 48 hours after first collapse and three days before electionThe leader of Portugalโs far-right Chega party has been taken to hospital after another collapse during a rally days before the country vote…
Warsaw-Bucharest axis sparks backlash days before vote
Right-wing candidates Karol Nawrocki of Poland and George Simion of Romania joined forces at a Polish rally Wednesday, just days before both nations vote on Sunday.
Romanian wild card George Simion sets Brusselsโ nerves on edge
The presidential front-runnerโs hostility to Ukraine is creating a rift with fellow European conservatives.
Chega leader Andrรฉ Ventura discharged from hospital
The leader of Portugal’s third largest party fell ill while speaking at a rally in Tavira in the Algarve. Hospital sources say he suffered an oesophageal spasm associated with a spike in blood pressure.
Bayrouโs government is one step away from collapse
Unresolved grievances continue to threaten the survival of France’s minority government.
Bruno Retailleau: From medieval role player to French presidential hopeful
Franceโs interior minister wants to turn his center-right party back into a heavyweight political force.
Tuskโs man in pole position for the Polish presidency
Warsaw Mayor Rafaล Trzaskowski is ahead in presidential election polls; if he wins he’ll make the Polish PM’s life much easier.
US touts โproductiveโ talks with China, details coming Monday
โWe will be giving details tomorrow, but I can tell you that the talks were productive,โ said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Ukraine war briefing: Putin rejects ceasefire; Starmer says only Russia blocking peace
Russian president calls for direct talks โwithout any preconditionsโ as European leaders rally behind Kyiv. What we know on day 1,172Vladimir Putin has rejected an ultimatum by European leaders to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine or face increased san…
Judges have a warning about Trumpโs rapid deportations: Americans could be next
Judges across the country continue to note that if courts donโt protect the rights of the least popular and most vulnerable, everyone is at risk.
Merz is weakened from Day 1. Europe will pay the price.
The EUโs center looks flaky, with France a mess and Germanyโs Friedrich Merz making a meal of getting confirmed as chancellor.ย
Centrist Nicuศor Dan faces uphill battle to beat Simion in Romanian presidential runoff
Centrist mayor of Bucharest has to bridge a daunting deficit with hard-right leader.
Battle for next pope is about whether Rome is still the Churchโs power base
As pre-conclave lobbying intensifies, top Vatican diplomat Pietro Parolin has become a point of convergence for cardinals looking to restore Vatican’s primacy.
Who can beat Romanian nationalist presidential candidate George Simion?
Romania’s political loyalties are complex. Don’t expect ganging up against Simion in the second round.
Global markets rally as Beijing considers US trade talks
China says it is โevaluatingโ recent overtures from Washington about starting tariff discussions
Almost 500 staff protest against UN budget cuts as US scales back humanitarian funds
The Geneva rally comes two days after several UN aid agencies said they would have to slash jobs because of funding cuts, warning the reductions will severely affect aid programmes worldwide.
Serbian students, unions join forces six months into mass protest campaign
Serbia’s unions have called on workers to join a student-led rally on Thursday, throwing their weight behind a mass movement that has staged six months of protests over corruption in the wake of a deadly roof collapse at a train station in Novi Sad.
Trump returns to his happy place on stage as poll numbers sink
The president lashed out at critics and celebrated the first 100 days of his second term in office.
French interior minister under fire for slow response to deadly Mosque stabbing
Bruno Retailleau attended campaign events before traveling to the scene of the crime.
Populists and extremists are EPP’s main competitors, Manfred Weber tells Euronews
In an interview with Euronews, EPP President Manfred Weber warned of an authoritarian wave in Europe, pledging never to cooperate with far-right parties like France’s National Rally or Germanyโs AfD, whom he accused of threatening European unity and de…
MAGA man leads the field before Romanian election rerun
George Simion, the candidate tipped to win the first round of the presidential election, has publicly aligned himself with Donald Trump.
The billionaire who wants to Make France Great Again
Pierre-รdouard Stรฉrin is hoping to use his financial firepower to remold French politics in line with his conservative ideals.
Trumpโs team brushes off economic concerns ahead of 100-day mark
Facing troubling polling, the White House insists tariffs and trade talks will pay off for Americans.
Franceโs Bardella confirms 2027 presidential bid if Le Pen is barred
Front-runner Marine Le Pen may be banned from running in 2027 after being found guilty of embezzlement.
Protesters in Slovakia rally against legislation they say could harm NGOs’ work
The rallies in Bratislava and five other cities are part of a wave of protests that was fuelled by Prime Minister Robert Fico’s trip to Moscow in December for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump officials pressure worldโs top energy agency to drop climate mission
U.S. and European officials are sparring in meetings of the International Energy Agency, which helps guide global investments and policies.
Protesters in Slovakia rally against legislation they say could harm NGOs’ work
The rallies in Bratislava and five other cities are part of a wave of protests that was fuelled by Prime Minister Robert Fico’s trip to Moscow in December for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump crashes the home stretch of Canadaโs election
With just days to go, โ51st stateโ talk ensures the president is front and center of the campaign.
Trans activists rally in London, following UK ruling over definition of women
Thousands of trans activists rally in London, days after the Supreme Court ruled a woman is based on biological sex, thereby excluding trans women from the definition.
Thousands rally for trans rights after top UK court backs โbiologicalโ definition of woman
Thousands of London trans rights protesters gathered in Parliament Square on Saturday, days after the UK Supreme Court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition.
Why Trump is Europeโs accidental city-builder
Europeโs รฉmigrรฉs built Americaโs skylines, suburbs and strip malls. Will the U.S. brain drain do the same for the EU?
Postwar Russian energy return โillusory,โ Belgium says
Belgian Energy Minister Mathieu Bihet told POLITICO he wants to phase out the country’s Russian gas imports โ but didn’t back an outright ban.
The untold story of how Trump shocked Europe in a few short days
The world changed in February. Here’s how it looked to political insiders.
The Romanian election scenarios scaring Brussels
POLITICO analyzes all the data on the most likely presidential runoff races ahead of next month’s existential vote.
Le Pen is down but not out
The French firebrand’s chances of completely reversing her conviction may be small, but her political fate has not yet been fully decided.
Hungary’s opposition leader Pรฉter Magyar holds a rally in Budapest
Hungaryโs opposition leader, Pรฉter Magyar, tells supporters he will restore Western alliances if he defeats incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn in the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for next year.
Musk goes where no other Trump adviser can: Publicly disagreeing with the president
The Trump adviser appears uninhibited in sharing his opinions โ and that seems to be just fine with the president.
Thousands of Poles march in far-right rally to mark Independence Day
Polish conservatives danced the Polonaise, a patriotic celebration, to rally behind their presidential candidate, Karol Nawrocki, in the capital as elections near.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appeals conviction in embezzlement trial
The National Rallyโs Marine Le Pen on Friday filed an appeal against a Paris court that found her guilty of misappropriating EU funds early last week. Le Pen, who ran unsuccessfully for office three times in a row, is seeking to overturn the courtโs v…
In Slovakia, our grassroots movement helped oust a neo-Nazi. We can do it again | Alexandra Bituลกรญkovรก
Professor Alexandra Bituลกรญkovรก explains how face-to-face local activism was crucial in bringing down Marian Kotleba, leader of the Peopleโs Party Our SlovakiaHaving grown up in Banskรก Bystrica in totalitarian Czechoslovakia, I vividly remember standing…
Bardella fights to put aide on European Parliament payroll โย despite Le Pen scandal
National Rally president wants to hire his chief of staff as a part-time assistant in his capacity as an MEP.
George Bushโs French foe flirts with presidential bid
The former prime minister is enjoying unprecedented popularity, more than a decade after he was last in power.
Franceโs Fifth Republic is on the ropes
The eligibility ban on presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen and the market-wrecking tariffs of U.S. President Trump are just the latest challenges roiling Emmanuel Macron’s second term.
French anti-racism group files complaint over far-right flyers distributed near Le Pen rally
Observers say the flyers could violate Franceโs hate speech laws, which ban public incitement to discrimination or violence.
The new face of French cuisine
For a Black chef taking on haute cuisine, the biggest challenge is not race but economics.
Fact-check: Is Le Pen’s ban from public office an anomaly in France and Europe?
The National Rally party leader has described the court ruling that banned her from running for office as a political witch hunt”. Euroverify asked experts about the legal grounds for her sentence.
French far right floats toppling government in wake of Le Pen verdict
Threats against Bayrou are increasing a week after Le Pen was effectively banned from running for president.
National Rally stands by Marine Le Pen โ for now
In todayโs edition of The Capitals, read about the Five Star Movement leading a major protest in Rome against EU defense push, Poland failing to appoint a digital democracy watchdog ahead of election, and so much more.
Franceโs National Rally doubles down on Marine Le Pen (for now)
Although Le Pen’s conviction has undoubtedly sent shockwaves through the party, no real strategy on how to proceed from now on was presented.
Le Pen vows to fight โpoliticalโ ruling, as Franceโs main parties stage rival rallies
Far-right leader tells supporters she is victim of โwitch-huntโ, while radical left says RNโs mask has slippedโข What is Marine Le Pen guilty of in National Rally embezzlement case?The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has told supporters in Paris s…
Le Pen rages against political โwitch-huntโ at Paris rally
Far right leader addresses supporters at demonstration after conviction that could ban her from standing for president
Le Pen calls embezzlement conviction a ‘witch hunt’
The French far-right politician spoke to a rally in Paris after being found guilty of embezzling EU funds.
Le Pen calls embezzlement conviction a ‘witch hunt’
The French far-right politician spoke to a rally in Paris after being found guilty of embezzling EU funds.
Le Penโs โSave Democracyโ rally after guilty verdict falls short of expectations
The French far right has framed the verdict against Le Pen as an attack on democracy โ but was unable to attract a large crowd to a rally of support on Sunday.
Protesters rally across US in biggest single day of protests since Trumpโs return
Trump spent the day in Florida, playing a round of golf at his Jupiter club before returning to his Mar-a-Lago estate in the afternoon.
Franceโs Bayrou accuses Trump of โinterferenceโ with Le Pen rant
French prime minister also says Trump’s trade war will cut France’s economic growth by more than 0.5 percentage point.
France braced as far right and leftwing parties plan rallies in wake of Le Pen decision
French prime minister calls for rival gatherings to be held in a spirit of โcalm, mutual respect and responsibilityโFranceโs far right is hoping for a massive public show of support tomorrow in a โpeopleโs protestโ against Marine Le Pen being barred fr…
Thousands join Five Star Party rally in Rome against the EU’s rearmament plan
Thousands took to the streets of Rome to protest the European Commission’s proposed rearmament plan. Organised by the Five Star Movement, the demonstration condemned Meloni’s government and von der Leyen’s plan.
Weโre all Marine
The finest of Europeโs far right are outraged. Italyโs Transport Minister and master of nuance, Matteo Salvini, called it a scandalous, anti-democratic attempt by Brussels to lean into its worst โwarlike impulses,โ while Hungarian Prime Minister and life of every Pride party, Viktor Orbรกn, simply declared, โJe suis Marine!โ on X. They are referring to [โฆ]
Jordan Bardella: So close to becoming French president โ and yet so far
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s reaction to being found guilty of embezzlement only harms her protรฉgรฉ’s chances.
Marine Le Pen’s ban has outraged France’s far right – and they may well seek revenge
Could the National Rally retaliate in parliament by attempting to bring down the fragile coalition government?
Marine Le Pen’s ban outraged France’s far right – and they may well take revenge
Could the National Rally retaliate in parliament by attempting to bring down the fragile coalition government?
Tesla lurches as Musk hits the gas for Trump
Dreadful sales numbers are just the latest sign of the EV manufacturerโs โcrisis tornado.โ
Three of four US soldiers found dead in Lithuania identified as search ends
A rally was held in Vilnius to honour the soldiers, with the US ambassador expressing deep gratitude for their service.
Franceโs left is celebrating Le Penโs conviction. But gloating will make it harder to beat the far right | Georgios Samaras
Beware the backlash strategies used by Trump and Berlusconi. It is vital that the National Rally leader isnโt able to capitalise on this verdictThe verdict is in: the National Rally (NR) and its leader, Marine Le Pen, have been found to have employed f…
Whoโs up and whoโs down in France after Le Penโs guilty verdict
The race for the presidency in 2027 has just become more unpredictable.
Could Marine Le Penโs guilty verdict help fuel the far right? โ podcast
The parliamentary leader of Franceโs far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, has been banned from public office for five years for embezzlement, ruining her chance of a presidential run. Angelique Chrisafis reportsIt is a sentence that has promp…
What is Marine Le Pen guilty of in National Rally embezzlement case?
The far-right leader has been banned from running for office for five years after an EU parliament fake jobs scamAfter a nine-week trial, the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was this week found guilty of the embezzlement of European parliamentary…
France’s far right calls for Paris rally in support of Le Pen
Marine Le Pen has said a “nuclear bomb” was used against her party to stop it getting into power.
Le Pen could still become French president after appeal slated for 2026
The shock decision comes after the far-right icon’s embezzlement conviction appeared to stop her running in 2027.
As Le Penโs presidential hopes hang in the balance, Bardella waits in the wings
French courts on Monday banned far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for office for five years, ruling out the frontrunner for Franceโs 2027 presidential race. As Le Pen now faces a lengthy appeal process, her 29-year-oldย protรฉgรฉ Jordan Bardella…
Marine Le Penโs conviction caused a political firestorm. Hereโs what actually happened.
The French far-right leader’s allies at home and abroad slammed the guilty verdict as antidemocratic.
Marine Le Pen calls embezzlement conviction a ‘nuclear bomb’ โ video
The French far-right leader declared that the National Rally would ‘not let the French people have the presidential election stolen from them’ after a court verdict effectively banned her from running in the 2027 presidential race. Marine Le Pen compar…
France’s far right calls for Paris rally in support of Le Pen
Marine Le Pen has said a “nuclear bomb” was used against her party to stop it getting into power.
Bardella to fight alongside Le Pen โto the end,โ wonโt comment on replacing her
National Rally president blames tyranny of “red judges” for barring his mentor from running for president in 2027 after she was found guilty of embezzlement.
Is Marine Le Pen politically dead or poised to become a martyr? | Radio Schuman
On Monday, a French court found National Rally leader Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzling EU funds and barred her from contending any election for five years, including Franceโs next presidential election in 2027.
Tuesday briefing: How Le Penโs conviction could reshape National Rally โ and French politics
In todayโs newsletter: Le Penโs embezzlement conviction bans her for five years from public office. More on the charges, the sentence and what happens nextGood morning. Marine Le Pen appeared to have been expecting a guilty verdict in her trial for emb…
US calls political exclusion โconcerningโ after Le Pen barred from French election
A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzling European Parliament funds and blocked her from running for office for 5 years.
Combative Le Pen vows to fight on for French presidency
Far-right leader conspicuously refused to endorse her second-in-command, Jordan Bardella, after a court banned her from running for public office.
Le Penโs dilemma: Seek revenge or help her party
Marine Le Pen has been trying to normalize the National Rally in recent years, but may be tempted to wreak havoc after her guilty verdict.
The Guardian view on the Marine Le Pen verdict: no politician is above the law | Editorial
Having been found guilty of systematic embezzlement, the far-right leader cannot claim to be a political martyrEmmanuel Macronโs troubled second presidential term was already set to go down as one of the most turbulent in the history of Franceโs F…
Le Pen to appeal ban from running for public office, condemning ‘political decision’
The far-right National Rally leader’s sentence jeopardises her chances of running for president in 2027.
Who is Jordan Bardella, likely successor to Marine Le Pen in French presidential race?
Le Penโs 29-year-old protege is the new anti-immigration face of French far right but observers point to his youth and lack of experienceMarine Le Pen barred from running for French presidency in 2027The court ruling barring Marine Le Pen from running …
โThis will backfireโ: Le Pen allies hit out at Paris courtโs 2027 election ban verdict
Elon Musk attacks decision along with other figures from the right including Viktor Orbรกn and Geert WildersNationalist and populist figures around the world, from Elon Musk to Viktor Orbรกn, have united in condemnation of a Paris court verdict barring M…
โJesus Christ also was found guilty and he was innocent,โ Le Pen codefendant says
Le Pen’s allies are not pulling their punches after Monday’s ruling.
Marine Le Penโs allies in Russia and Hungary lash out at guilty verdict
French court ruling blocks far-right figurehead from 2027 presidential run, stoking conservative outrage around Europe.
Marine Le Pen barred from running for public office for five years
The far-right National Rally leader’s sentence jeopardises her chances of running for president in 2027.
National Rally president calls for โpeaceful mobilisationโ after Marine Le Pen convicted of embezzlement โ as it happened
Jordan Bardella says in petition there is a โdictatorship of judgesโ as French far right leader barred from running for public office for five yearsFull story: Le Pen barred from running for French presidency in 2027The judges have begun reading their …
France’s Marine Le Pen faces embezzlement ruling that could end her 2027 presidential bid
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces a pivotal moment on Monday as a court decides her fate in an embezzlement case, potentially barring her from the 2027 presidential race. The National Rally, which sees her as a leading contender, has denounc…
Decision day in court for Marine Le Pen’s French presidential hopes
Accused of misusing EU funds, Monday’s verdict could determine whether the far-right National Rally party leader can run for French president.
Decision day in court for Marine Le Pen’s French presidential hopes
Accused of misusing EU funds, Monday’s verdict could determine whether the far-right National Rally leader can run again.
Turkish opposition leader calls for weekly rallies and deeper economic boycott
รzgรผr รzel expands call to boycott companies perceived as close to President Recep Tayyip ErdoฤanTurkeyโs anti-government protesters are weighing their options, amid calls by the main opposition leader for weekly rallies, a growing economic boycott and…