The effort appeared to pay off. Le Pen came to be seen as a president-in-waiting by a growing number of voters - with opinion polls making her the front-runner for 2027 - while the RN became France's largest single parliamentary party.

By disqualifying Le Pen from the presidential race, the court has handed her an immense gift. Much like Donald Trump, she can position herself as a victim of an elite-driven conspiracy.

Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom -- unless you're French, or, in this country, a liberal. What a judge in

France wants the European Union to consider deploying its most powerful retaliatory measure against the US for the first time ever if President Donald Trump uses tariffs to unfairly force the bloc into policy changes. France has joined a small group of EU ...

France has revived calls for the European Union to restrict prices in its carbon market by fixing a "corridor" to limit volatile price movements, a government document seen by Reuters showed.

A French minister says France won’t compromise after the U.S. State Department reportedly demanded that French companies drop diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.