Moment of big opportunity and high risk for Marine Le Pen
Backing the collapse of Michel Barnier's French government is a high-stakes moment for Marine Le Pen. It could lead to her best chance of power yet as head of France’s far-right National Rally.
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Opinion | Marine Le Pen to the Markets: Drop Dead
Who’s afraid of Marine Le Pen? Everyone in the European establishment, after her National Rally party on Wednesday toppled the French government. She took down the Prime Minister of the European Union’s second-largest economy with the help of the French left.
Why Marine Le Pen really wants to bring down Michel Barnier
Some say she dare not disappoint her base, others that she needs an election before her potentially disqualifying trial
Analysis-French Far-Right's Le Pen May Regret Her Risky Bid to Topple Government
PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appears to be betting her future on ousting President Emmanuel Macron before his term ends in 2027, lawmakers and analysts say. To do so, she has helped trigger France's second political crisis in six months. It's a decision that may haunt her.
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Emmanuel Macron’s Wager Pays Off for Marine Le Pen
The government’s collapse leaves the right-wing populist with her best shot at the French presidency.
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Marine Le Pen's trap is closing
EDITORIAL. After raising the stakes, the far-right leader chose to overthrow the prime minister, much to the dismay of the latter, who had abandoned discussions with the left to focus on the right and far-right electorate.
Marine Le Pen threatens to bring down French government over pension tax
Marine Le Pen, National Rally (RN) leader, has threatened to bring down the French government on Monday if Michel Barnier, France’s prime minister, does not drop effective cuts to pensions.
Marine Le Pen’s Party Pledges to Topple French Government
Good morning. Marine Le Pen’s party pledges to topple the French government. How a billionaire’s “baby project” ensnared dozens of women. And the white sands and azure waters of St. Tropez are a luxury hotel brand’s next target.
France’s Prime Minister Is on the Block, and Marine Le Pen Holds the Blade
The end of Michel Barnier’s government looks inevitable, even imminent, and would add to the country’s political malaise. The only question seems to be: How long can he last?
France's Le Pen Says She Would Support a Budget Rollover Emergency Law
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday her National Rally (RN) party would support an emergency law that rolls over the 2024 budget's tax-and-spend provisions into next year to ensure there is stopgap financing.
Le Pen delivers final blow to crush French government
On Wednesday, extreme-right figurehead Marine Le Pen led the charge in a no-confidence vote by partnering with the left, leaving the country without a government for the second time in roughly six months.
High-stakes trial that could derail presidential ambitions of France’s Marine Le Pen wraps up
A high-stakes trial in France that could derail the presidential ambitions of far-right leader Marine Le Pen is wrapping up.
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Le Pen: far right leader battling for own survival
Far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen is set to show the influence she wields on France by toppling the government but she is ...
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With French Government Facing a No-Confidence Vote, Marine Le Pen Takes on Her Prime Adversary — President Macron
The drama is developing at Paris as deficits soar and the walls close in on an unpopular president whose miscalculations are ...