Marine Le Pen

Macron, Le Pen trade blows in final day of French presidential campaign

By Associated Press

The finalists for France's presidency, President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen, traded blows on the last day of legal campaigning as they tried to appeal to undecided voters.

France investigating EU fraud agency report on presidential candidate Marine Le Pen

By Angela Charlton, Associated Press

Paris prosecutors are studying a report by the EU fraud agency accusing French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of misusing public funds while serving in the European Parliament.

Macron courts voters in Marseille ahead of presidential runoff

By Associated Press

Voters in the multicultural southern French Mediterranean city — one which has often been associated with racism and gang violence -- favored hard-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon against the centrist Macron in the April 10 first round of voting that knocked…

France’s Jews and Muslims worry about campaign promise to end religious animal slaughter

By John Leicester, Associated Press

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is alarming both Muslims and Jews in France with a pledge to regulate the ritual slaughter of animals if she is elected.

‘What is the headscarf doing in politics?’ Muslim headscarves become issue in French presidential campaign

By Associated Press

Muslim headscarves have taken center stage in France’s presidential campaign amid far-right candidate Marine Le Pen’s push to ban them. She is facing a tightly contested April 24 runoff against incumbent Emmanuel Macron.

Runoff battle begins between Macron and Le Pen in France’s presidential election

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

With the first round of the French presidential elections out of the way, the duel starts afresh for incumbent centrist Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen.

French polls project Macron, Le Pen heading to runoff in presidential election

By Thomas Adamson, John Leicester, Associated Press

The French election result will have wide international influence as Europe struggles to contain the havoc wreaked by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Macron’s far-right rival surges as France’s election nears

By John Leicester, Associated Press

The pain of inflation and of pump, food and energy prices that are hitting low-income households particularly hard subsequently roared back as dominant election themes. They could drive many voters Sunday into the arms of far-right leader Marine Le Pen,…

French far right beaten in regional elections

By Associated Press

The Ifop polling agency estimated that the far right National Rally barely surpassed 20% of the vote nationally, trailing both the mainstream right and the combined weight of green and leftist candidates.