French Prime Minister Michel Barnier during a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris on December 3. France's political landscape faces significant upheaval as ...

On the causes of the paralysis of French political life. President Emmanuel Macron’s ill-considered dissolution of the French National Assembly in early June, in advance of the legislative elections ...

France Reporter's Notebook: Aftershock from a political 'earthquake' as Le Pen barred from presidential run in 2027 Le Pen declared on French media, 'We won’t give in,' says will appeal case ...

Moody’s has downgraded the ratings of seven major French banks amid spiraling national debt and a toxic political environment ...

PARIS (AP) — A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years — a hammer blow to the far-right leader’s presidential ...

Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder of messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France as part of an ongoing judicial investigation, and there was no political motive, French President Emmanuel ...

PARIS (AP) — Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Monday that a ruling barring her from seeking public office is ‘political’ and aims to prevent her from running for president in 2027.

French authorities have recorded more than 50 physical assaults on candidates and campaigners on the campaign trail, the country’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Friday as concerns ...

Exclusive portrait of Jean Marie Le Pen in his house in Paris taken on Dec. 13 2019. Founder of the French far-right political party, the National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen has died aged 96, a ...

PARIS (AP) — French voters divided their legislature among left, center and far right, with no single party getting even close to the majority needed for forming a government. President Emmanuel ...

French investors took a laissez-faire approach to the country’s political turmoil Friday. The CAC 40 index jumped 1.4% in morning trading, building on the 0.4% gain it made Thursday. French ...