National Rally party chief wins uncontested leadership race after poor showing in regional elections, as she looks toward 2022 presidential contest

Anti-immigration National Rally fails to win any of mainland France’s 12 regions, gaining only 20% of the vote nationally

National Rally leader Marine Le Pen calls on supporters to turn out for the second round of voting and to 'mobilize their efforts to wrest the victories that France needs'

Marine Le Pen's party is expected to make gains and step further into the political mainstream in a vote for new assemblies for mainland France's 13 regions

Court clears politician over posts with pictures of beheaded journalist, captive being run over by truck and Jordanian pilot being burned alive in a cage

Authorities question 3 men linked to Tunisian man who killed police employee, focusing further attention on Islamic extremism a year ahead of France's presidential election

Politician expected to challenge Macron for presidency next year claims she's victim of witch hunt over photos she posted after journalist compared her party to IS

French president had been beset by a succession of crises even before current situation; likely challenger in 2022 will be far-right's Marine Le Pen

Survey shows ultranationalist Marine Le Pen would overtake president in preliminary vote, but Macron would come out on top in subsequent runoff

City of Moissac, which sheltered 500 Jewish children from Nazis, selects Romain Lopez, a member of Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally, who has been accused of anti-Semitism

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