Le Pen Makes More Budget Demands as Barnier Gives Ground
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally set out further demands for changes to the French government’s 2025 budget bill after Prime Minister Michel Barnier dropped plans to raise taxes on electricity in a key concession.
Le Pen makes new threat to withdraw support for French government
PARIS, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Far-right leader Marine Le Pen issued a new threat on Monday to bring down France's coalition government in a no-confidence vote, after talks with Prime Minister Michel ...
CAC 40 Slides As Le Pen Threatens To Topple Government Over Budget
French stocks traded lower on Tuesday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and
Le Pen Increases Pressure on French Government Amid Budget Talks
France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen renewed her threat to bring down the government in a no-confidence motion over next year’s budget, compounding uncertainties that are pushing up measures of risk on bond markets to fresh highs.
Le Pen threatens to topple French government over budget
French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen on Monday threatened to back a no confidence motion that could topple the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a standoff over the
Le Pen now has it in her power to crash France’s Fifth Republic
Not since the Fourth Republic has French politics been in such flux. Following June’s reckless dissolution of the National Assembly, presidential authority has withered, parliament is in disarray and traditional political parties are in turmoil,
France on the brink as Le Pen threatens to topple Government over budget
The National Rally says it will support moves to oust the government if budget concessions aren't made, as France faces further political turmoil.
France’s far-right Marine Le Pen threatens to bring down government over planned budget
Le Pen, on trial for embezzlement, is demanding a freeze on electricity taxes and higher pensions, putting pressure on the minority government to negotiate.
Verdict due next March in Marine Le Pen's EU graft charges trial
French judges will deliver verdicts on March 31 in the trial of Marine Le Pen and her far-right party on charges of ...
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Marine Le Pen spooks the bond markets
When the prime minister was appointed in September, Ms Le Pen pledged not to vote against his government right away. But she ...
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.
Le Pen Will Learn in March If She’s Banned From Next French Presidential Race
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, will learn in March whether she faces a ban from running in ...
Le Pen’s Party Yet to Decide on Toppling French Government
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s finance chief said Wednesday her lawmakers have not yet decided if they will vote to bring ...
Marine Le Pen humiliates EU as she holds Brussels golden boy Barnier to ransom
Prime Minister Michel Barnier's brief to be the adult in the room isn't going as well as Emmanuel Macron had hoped.
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Marine Le Pen embezzlement trial comes to close, verdicts in 2025
The trial of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and other French right-wing nationalists on suspicion of embezzling ...
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Le Pen’s presidential ambitions at stake as trial draws to a close
As Marine Le Pen‘s Paris trial on charges of embezzling European Parliament funds wraps up, France’s leading far-right figure ...
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Marine Le Pen’s next bid for French presidency threatened as prosecutors seek political ban
French prosecutors have asked for prison time and a five-year ban from politics for far-right leader Marine Le Pen, potentially derailing her bid to become president in 2027. Le Pen, her ...
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Why is Marine Le Pen on trial?
Marine Le Pen, the former leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN), has gone on trial in Paris for allegedly embezzling money from the European Parliament. She is charged alongside 26 ...