Moment of big opportunity and high risk for Marine Le Pen
Backing the collapse of Michel Barnier's French government is a high-stakes moment for Marine Le Pen. It could lead to her best chance of power yet as head of France’s far-right National Rally.
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Opinion | Marine Le Pen to the Markets: Drop Dead
Who’s afraid of Marine Le Pen? Everyone in the European establishment, after her National Rally party on Wednesday toppled the French government. She took down the Prime Minister of the European Union’s second-largest economy with the help of the French left.
Analysis-French Far-Right's Le Pen May Regret Her Risky Bid to Topple Government
PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appears to be betting her future on ousting President Emmanuel Macron before his term ends in 2027, lawmakers and analysts say. To do so, she has helped trigger France's second political crisis in six months. It's a decision that may haunt her.
French government collapse: Le Pen eyes chance to destroy Macron
France’s far-right leader has brought the government to its knees. Now, with the country in political turmoil, she has the president in her sights.
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Emmanuel Macron’s Wager Pays Off for Marine Le Pen
The government’s collapse leaves the right-wing populist with her best shot at the French presidency.
Why Marine Le Pen really wants to bring down Michel Barnier
Some say she dare not disappoint her base, others that she needs an election before her potentially disqualifying trial
Marine Le Pen’s Party Pledges to Topple French Government
Good morning. Marine Le Pen’s party pledges to topple the French government. How a billionaire’s “baby project” ensnared dozens of women. And the white sands and azure waters of St. Tropez are a luxury hotel brand’s next target.
Le Pen delivers final blow to crush French government
On Wednesday, extreme-right figurehead Marine Le Pen led the charge in a no-confidence vote by partnering with the left, leaving the country without a government for the second time in roughly six months.
Le Pen: Far Right Leader Battling For Own Survival
Far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen is set to show the influence she wields on France by toppling the government but she is also facing a trial that risks banishing her from politics for good.
French Far Right Joins Forces With Left to Topple Government
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen teamed up with a left-wing coalition to topple the French government, pitching the country into a prolonged period of turbulence that’s likely to further unsettle investors.
'Le Pen taking a huge gamble' with ouster of Barnier government, expert says
French President Emmanuel Macron will address the nation on Thursday after opposition lawmakers ousted the minority government, deepening the country's political crisis, the Elysee said. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Rainbow Murray,
France's Le Pen says she would support a budget rollover emergency law
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday her National Rally (RN) party would support an emergency law that ...
French lawmakers vote to oust prime minister in the first successful no-confidence vote since 1962
France’s lawmakers joined together in a historic no-confidence vote that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his Cabinet ...
French Government Faces Key No-Confidence Vote Amid Budget Standoff
The government of President Emmanuel Macron collapsed Wednesday after the National Assembly voted for the first time in more ...
French government falls after Macron’s PM loses vote
France’s government fell after MPs voted to oust prime minister Michel Barnier’s administration and plunge the country into ...
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With French Government Facing a No-Confidence Vote, Marine Le Pen Takes on Her Prime Adversary — President Macron
The drama is developing at Paris as deficits soar and the walls close in on an unpopular president whose miscalculations are ...
Crunch time in France as lawmakers look set to oust Barnier's government
French lawmakers prepared to oust the government with a no-confidence motion on Wednesday, plunging the euro zone's ...
France’s Government Looks on the Brink of Collapse. What’s Next?
France’s minority government looks in its final hours as opposition lawmakers from the left and the far right vowed to topple ...