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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen delivers her speech, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, in Henin-Beaumont, northern France.
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French poll puts far-right leader Marine Le Pen ahead in 2027 presidential vote

AFP
2 min read
Polls in recent months have shown Le Pen as the front-runner, but this survey of 13,060 people, conducted earlier this month, is unusually large in scale.
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen leaves the courtroom after the verdict of her appeal trial, in Paris, France, Tuesday, July 7, 2026.
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What to know about the electronic monitor a French court says Marine Le Pen must wear

Associated Press
3 min read
A French court ordered far-right leader Marine Le Pen to wear an electronic monitor after convicting her of embezzlement, reflecting France's common use of such devices to reduce prison overcrowding.
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen walks outside the courtroom during a short break in her appeals trial in Paris, on Jan. 20, 2026.
World

Marine Le Pen's political future at stake as French Court rules on election ban appeal

Associated Press
2 min read
Le Pen is appealing her 2025 conviction over misusing European Parliament funds by paying party staff with money meant for EU assistants.
In this courtroom sketch, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, center left, appears in court with other members of the far-right National Rally party to appeal an embezzlement conviction that risks affecting her 2027 presidential ambitions, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Paris.
World

Marine Le Pen's appeal trial opens, putting far-right French leader's 2027 presidential bid at stake

Associated Press
3 min read
Le Pen is seeking to overturn a March ruling that found her guilty of misusing European Parliament funds in the hiring of aides from 2004 to 2016.
Le Pen, 56, was runner-up to President Emmanuel Macron in the 2017 and 2022 presidential elections, and her party’s electoral support has grown in recent years.
World

French court finds far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzlement

Associated Press
2 min read
The biggest concern for Le Pen is that the court may declare her ineligible to run for office “with immediate effect” — even if she appeals.
Jordan Bardella, president of France's far-right National Rally party, center right, and Leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN) party, Marine Le Pen, center, applaud at the end of the party's 19th Congress, in Orleans, France, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026.
World

After Trump's midterm rout, Europe sees cracks in populist right. It may not stop France's Le Pen

Associated Press
5 min read
The populist right's recent defeats could rattle the woman vying to become France's first Madame la Présidente.
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