The National Rally is under investigation in a string of cases that all point to the same problem: how it funds itself.

Marine Le Pen, who was sentenced last week for an embezzlement conviction, held a rally attended by thousands in protest of her sentence on Sunday, claiming that it was politically motivated.

Le Pen's supporters compare her to President Trump At the heart of that charge stood Jordan Bardella, Le Pen's 29-year-old protégé and president of the National Rally.

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 hopes and an ...

The event Sunday had the feel of a campaign rally, with the crowd chanting “Marine, president” as Le Pen spoke. Her party, National Rally, billed it as a “massive” success.

Marine Le Pen has for years been a superstar of Europe’s far-right movement. That was until this week, when a spectacular court ruling banned her from running in France’s 2027 presidential ...

Marine Le Pen's protégé, the 29-year-old Jordan Bardella, recently spoke last week at an Israeli government conference on combating antisemitism. He is expected to take over the National Rally.

In Paris, they have condemned Marine Le Pen and would like to remove her from political life", he wrote. France's courts deny they are politicised. They say their job is to serve justice.

Marine Le Pen, a far-right French politician, was a leading candidate to become the country’s next president, but has now been barred from running for public office for five years.

Le Pen has run for France’s highest office three times: in 2012, 2017 and 2022. “I don’t know Marine Le Pen, but do appreciate how hard she worked for so many years,” Trump wrote.

“Marine Le Pen posts pictures of her cat, talks about being a mother. But when it comes to policy, there’s no softening,” said Pierre Lefevre, a Paris-based consultant.

Marine Le Pen mines populist playbook to rally support after political ban Far-right leader Le Pen might struggle to mobilize support by portraying her conviction as the result of an establishment ...