Marine Le Pen spooks the bond markets
When the prime minister was appointed in September, Ms Le Pen pledged not to vote against his government right away. But she offered no more support than that. As the budget has wound its way through parliament,
Le Pen Makes More Budget Demands as Barnier Gives Ground
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally set out further demands for changes to the French government’s 2025 budget bill after Prime Minister Michel Barnier dropped plans to raise taxes on electricity in a key concession.
Le Pen Meets PM As French Government Wobbles
French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen was on Monday holding talks with Prime Minister Michel Barnier as her party intensified warnings it was prepared to topple his government in a move that would fling France into political crisis.
Le Pen makes new threat to withdraw support for French government
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen issued a new threat on Monday to bring down France's coalition government in a no-confidence vote, after talks with Prime Minister Michel Barnier failed to satisfy her party's demands for budget concessions.
Le Pen Increases Pressure on French Government Amid Budget Talks
France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen renewed her threat to bring down the government in a no-confidence motion over next year’s budget, compounding uncertainties that are pushing up measures of risk on bond markets to fresh highs.
France’s Le Pen Boosts Budget Asks Ahead of Monday Deadline
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who holds outsize leverage in France’s split parliament, gave Prime Minister Michel Barnier until Monday to accede to her budget demands before she decides whether to topple the government.
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Marine Le Pen turns screws on Michel Barnier in French budget showdown
“He has until Monday,” far-right leader Marine Le Pen warned Barnier this week as ... If the government were to fall, many French voters would agree with Le Pen and blame Macron and his ...
High-stakes trial that could derail presidential ambitions of France’s Marine Le Pen wraps up
A high-stakes trial in France that could derail the presidential ambitions of far-right leader Marine Le Pen is wrapping up.
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Marine Le Pen embezzlement trial comes to close, verdicts in 2025
The trial of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and other French right-wing nationalists on suspicion of embezzling ...
Verdict due next March in Marine Le Pen's EU graft charges trial
French judges will deliver verdicts on March 31 in the trial of Marine Le Pen and her far-right party on charges of ...
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Marine Le Pen’s next bid for French presidency threatened as prosecutors seek political ban
French prosecutors have asked for prison time and a five-year ban from politics for far-right leader Marine Le Pen, potentially derailing her bid to become president in 2027. Le Pen, her ...
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French Prosecutors Demand Marine Le Pen Be Barred From Office In Fake Jobs Trial
French prosecutors demanded Wednesday that far-right leader Marine Le Pen receive a jail sentence and be banned from public office for five years over charges she embezzled European Parliament ...