France's Le Pen Accuses Gov't of 'Pickpocketing' French in Attempt to Cut Budget Deficit

PARIS (Sputnik) - Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French right-wing National Rally party's parliamentary faction, has said that the government's reform of social security for the unemployed is an attempt to "pickpocket" the French to reduce the...

Migrant transfers from Paris ahead of Olympics anger local mayors

Mayors in rural and small-town France are increasingly angry over the transfer of migrants from the capital to their communities, which they believe is linked to clean-up efforts ahead of the Paris Olympics.

Brigitte Macron and her Elysee Palace entourage are becoming increasingly influential and turning her husband Emmanuel into an alpha male strongman with boxing workout photoshoots, insiders claim

Recent images of Macron published by his personal lenswoman have captured the French leader's looks, confidence and charm as much as his masculinity and physical capabilities

Macron's coalition blasts far right at EU election campaign launch

 Allies of French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday sought to cast the country's far-right forces as bedfellows of the Kremlin as the centrist alliance launched its campaign for European Parliament elections.

French lawmakers make abortion a constitutional right in historic vote

France on Monday enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, a world first welcomed by women’s rights groups as historic and harshly criticised by anti-abortion groups.

French Civil Servants' ‘Secret’ Meetings With Le Pen Show Macron’s Waning Influence — Report

French President Emmanuel Macron faces a new challenge from party leaders government officials and the civil service.

France plans to revoke birthplace citizenship in its Indian Ocean island of Mayotte

French authorities on Sunday announced a controversial plan to amend the Constitution to revoke birthplace citizenship on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, which has been struggling with social unrest and a crippling migration crisis. 

Angry farmers laying siege to Paris say they're inspired by Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon farming show and 'everything he says in Clarkson's Farm is why we are here today'

The show, Clarkson's Farm , follows the former Top Gear presenter as he tries to navigate running a farm in the Cotswolds as 'Britain's most unlikely farmer'.

Succession? Macron picks Gabriel Attal as youngest French prime minister

New year, new face. France's youngest-ever president has named the country's youngest-ever prime minister. We ask why Emmanuel Macron chose to replace Élisabeth Borne with Gabriel Attal and chart the meteoric rise of a 34-year-old Parisian who has...

Gabriel Attal, 34, says appointment as France's youngest ever PM is a symbol of 'audacity and movement' after being picked by Emmanuel Macron... so will he go one step further and replace the president in 2027?

Taking the reigns from his predecessor at a ceremony in Paris today, Attal said: 'France will never rhyme with decline, France rhymes with transformation, France rhymes with audacity.'

Macron accused of doing far-right’s bidding with passage of stricter immigration law

French President Emmanuel Macron is under renewed fire after urging his minority government to vote for a strengthened immigration bill that was endorsed by the far right. The late Tuesday vote, which divided Macron's coalition MPs and prompted...

Le Pen's breakout moment? French government split by far-right backing of immigration bill

Are we at a turning point in French politics? Emmanuel Macron's ruling party is in crisis after the far right threw its weight behind an immigration bill stiffened after a parliamentary compromise. The government insists it had the votes without...

'The far right is now in power': French media blast tough immigration law

IN THE PRESS – Wednesday, December 20: French media almost unanimously criticise the controversial immigration law backed by the government of President Emmanuel Macron. While the left sees the legislation as pandering to the far right, the right...

French lawmakers fight to break deadlock over Macron's flagship immigration law

French MPs and senators will resume wrangling over an immigration bill on Tuesday after a last-minute disagreement stymied negotiations that had stretched late into the night, with President Emmanuel Macron's government hoping to salvage a...

'Contradictions of Macronism’: French government fights to save face after immigration bill debacle

President Emmanuel Macron’s government vowed on Tuesday to press ahead with a controversial immigration bill, a day after its flagship reform was rejected by lawmakers in a humiliating setback. The political crisis has heaped further pressure on a...

Le Pen AB fonlarını zimmetine geçirdiği gerekçesiyle yargılanacak

Ulusal basının Paris Savcılığına dayandırdığı haberlere göre, AB fonlarını zimmetine geçirmekle suçlanan Le Pen, partis...

French prosecutors order Le Pen to stand trial in EU funding scandal

French prosecutors on Friday ordered far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen to stand trial over claims she used EU funds to finance party activities in France.

MARK ALMOND: Could Nexit be the next move for the 'Dutch Donald Trump' Geert Wilders?

MARK ALMOND: Yesterday, the Dutch woke up to news that Wilders' anti-Muslim, anti-immigration and anti-EU Party for Freedom (PVV) had swept to an unlikely victory.

A ‘Trump moment’ in the Netherlands shows that Europe still has a populist problem

The Netherlands woke up to an unexpected victory for Dutch anti-EU far-right populist Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party (PVV) – a forecast win that has tri...

Europe's swing to the right continues: How Geert Wilders' sweeping victory in the Netherlands is just the latest example of the continent turning to 'populist' parties to tackle social issues

Dutch politician Geert Wilders' surprise success is the latest in a string of political upsets that have seen far-right parties take significant power across Europe in recent years

Geert Wilders: The firebrand who was BANNED from Britain, has received countless death threats for his anti-Islamic views and become a symbol of Europe's lurch to the right (… oh, and he loves cats)

The political firebrand won a massive victory in yesterday's Dutch general election, putting him in pole position to form the country's next ruling coalition.