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Dutch, Spanish far-right parties to join Orbán’s Patriots for Europe

Hungarian leader needs only one more national party for his right-wing alliance to qualify as an official grouping in the European Parliament.

July 6, 2024 11:39 am CET

Surging Le Pen threatens Macron’s European defense dreams

The far-right National Rally remains Euroskeptic and suspicious of NATO despite recent toned-down rhetoric.

July 5, 2024 6:00 am CET

In France, (some) Jews are voting far right

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is presenting itself as a defender of the country’s Jewish population.

July 5, 2024 4:00 am CET

What happens if Italy and France’s right-wing firebrands unite?

Once in office, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni moderated her positions. Will Marine Le Pen do the same?

July 5, 2024 4:00 am CET

French election: Campaigning nears end ahead of polls opening Sunday

Hush period begins midnight Friday and runs until polls close at 8 p.m. Sunday.

July 5, 2024 1:25 am CET

Kylian Mbappé fears ‘these people’ running France as far right shoots for election win

French football captain calls first-round results ‘catastrophic’ after Marine Le Pen’s big victory.

July 4, 2024 6:44 pm CET

Macron’s gamble creates major fiscal headaches for the EU

There’s no politically easy way to find the fiscal space to address the challenges the EU faces. And France’s political realities now compound the problem.

July 4, 2024 4:01 am CET

Where’s Macron? French president disappears amid election crisis.

The leader “underestimated how much the public were turned off by his personality,” one party official told POLITICO.

July 4, 2024 4:01 am CET

Germany and Turkey clash over football player’s nationalist wolf salute

“Symbols of Turkish right-wing extremists have no place in our stadiums,” a German minister said.

July 3, 2024 3:14 pm CET

Rivals unite against Le Pen’s far right for French election

Hundreds of candidates from Macron’s camp and the left-wing alliance withdraw in an effort to keep the National Rally out.

July 2, 2024 7:31 pm CET

The Netherlands has a new government. Here are 3 things to know.

After the far right won the most votes, it’s now also a powerful force in the Dutch government.

July 2, 2024 7:08 pm CET

French far-right candidate withdraws from race after Nazi costume controversy

The National Rally candidate “does not deny” wearing a cap emblazoned with a swastika.

July 2, 2024 12:06 pm CET
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French election: What happens next?

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is in a strong position after the first round of voting, but the next 24 hours will be crucial as rivals plot to stop the far right.

July 1, 2024 8:04 pm CET

European markets open higher on relief at French election results

Stocks bounce sharply as the first round of voting leaves Le Pen’s National Rally looking short of securing a majority in parliament.

July 1, 2024 9:42 am CET

Macrons Scheitern und der Aufstieg der Nationalisten

Das riskante politische Spiel des französischen Präsidenten scheint nicht aufzugehen. Seine Partei landet weit abgeschlagen auf dem dritten Platz bei der ersten Runde der vorgezogenen Neuwahlen. Das …

July 1, 2024 6:06 am CET

Macron is already over. Can anyone stop Le Pen?

The president must decide if his candidates should drop out and back the left to stop the far right winning power in France.

July 1, 2024 4:01 am CET

Far-right victory leaves left-wing French supporters with bittersweet taste

Left-leaning activists gathered in Paris on election night to protest the National Rally win in the snap legislative election.

July 1, 2024 1:38 am CET

France’s Le Pen, Macron and Mélenchon dealing with very different election hangovers

Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble spectacularly backfired, leaving his centrist alliance trailing the far right and far left.

July 1, 2024 1:22 am CET

Le Pen’s far right set for big win in first round of French election

Early projections show National Rally on course for victory in the vote for a new parliament as Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble backfires.

June 30, 2024 7:59 pm CET

Orbán’s Fidesz forming new far-right alliance with Austrian, Czech parties

The alliance with Austria’s FPÖ and the Czech ANO Movement hopes to become a new group in the European Parliament.

June 30, 2024 1:00 pm CET

The far-right ‘hooligan’ disrupting Spanish politics 

Luis “Alvise” Pérez has gone from online agitator to MEP and thorn in the side of Spanish politics.

June 30, 2024 4:00 am CET

Nigel Farage boycotts BBC over Question Time blow-up

Reform UK leader calls the Question Time audience “rigged” and “dishonest.”

June 29, 2024 9:39 pm CET

Biden team worries as Macron’s election gamble looks doomed

The U.S. president’s inner circle at first was merely startled by Macron’s gamble, but that initial reaction has curdled into puzzlement and dismay.

June 29, 2024 3:24 pm CET

French election: Le Pen threatens to clip Macron’s wings on Ukraine and defense

Military and foreign policy have long been seen as the “reserved domain” of the president — but the far right is challenging that assumption.

June 28, 2024 4:01 am CET
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