
Le Pen Trial: A Precarious Balancing Game
Marine Le Pen has one month to convince judges that she is not a threat to French democracy.

Marine Le Pen has one month to convince judges that she is not a threat to French democracy.

The case returns to court after a conviction triggered a political storm and cast doubt over the future of France’s most prominent challenger to the establishment.

The international star was buried surrounded by a few carefully chosen relatives and friends, including Marine Le Pen.

Italy’s Meloni stated that the U.S. intervention was “defensive” against a state that fuelled drug trafficking.

In Paris, each and every government attempt to reach a budget agreement has failed miserably.

The European political establishment has only grown more explicit in its contempt for voters.

This is a small victory for the French PM, yet “the fundamentals of the French economy have not changed,” a leading economist commented.

He who supported Emmanuel Macron twice at the presidential election considers times have changed—sparking an outcry in his own camp.

A historical analogy was drawn between the Nazi leader and the president of the Rassemblement National on a mainstream television programme.

At this stage, no opponent appears capable of seriously competing with Bardella or Le Pen.