France's Le Pen Boosts Budget

Marine Le Pen turns screws on PM Michel Barnier in French budget showdown
“The clock is ticking,” was one of Michel Barnier’s favourite lines as the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, when he perfected the art of using deadlines to strengthen his hand. Now, as France’s prime minister, he is the one running out of time.
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 adhere to her budget red lines before she decides whether to topple the government.
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 European funds wound down on Wednesday, with verdicts expected in early 2025. The central accusation in the trial is that Le Pen's National Rally party received money from the European Parliament for parliamentary assistants who were actually working either partly or wholly for the party itself.
Courts call to jail French neo-fascist Marine Le Pen over party financing
In a nakedly political decision, the Paris prosecutor's office called for a five year prison term and ban on electoral activity for neo-fascist presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.
Opinion
The threat of a no-confidence vote for the Barnier government is coercion by Marine Le Pen
EDITORIAL. It's not a negotiation but a form of coercion for recognition that the president of the far-right Rassemblement National parliamentary group has undertaken. She's exploiting the impasse in which Michel Barnier finds himself.
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,
French government warns Marine Le Pen’s party over budget battle
RN party leader Jordan Bardella hailed the government’s climbdown on the electricity tax as a “victory” but reiterated the party’s demands to protect the purchasing power of the public, particularly retirees, and to enact a “serious crackdown” on migration and crime.
France Latest: Le Pen Sets Out More Budget Demands
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.
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 ...
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.
Le Pen Will Learn in March If She’s Banned From Next French Presidential Race
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, will learn in March whether she faces a ban from running in ...
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 ...
Le Pen aumenta presión a Barnier y le pone plazo hasta el lunes
La líder de extrema derecha Marine Le Pen, que tiene una gran influencia en el dividido Parlamento francés, dio al primer ...
Marine Le Pen humiliates EU as she holds Brussels golden boy Barnier to ransom
Prime Minister Michel Barnier's brief to be the adult in the room isn't going as well as Emmanuel Macron had hoped.