Most of the recent electoral rounds in Western countries (lately in Norway and Germany) have yielded worrying results that confirm the rise of racist far-right forces. This buttresses the ...

French President Emmanuel Macron hopes that France's recognition of a state will contribute to peace in the Mideast.

It was one of those moments that encapsulate an entire relationship: Emmanuel Macron, having delivered a 20-minute speech to the UN General Assembly in which he announced France had recognised a ...

Israel's Amichai Chikli criticizes Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman ambitions and France's lack of support for Israel, calling for a ...

Marine Le Pen is banned from running for elected office for five years after being convicted of corruption in an EU fake jobs scam - Bertrand Guay/AFP France’s populist National Rally party is ...

As François Bayrou, the French prime minister, staggers towards probable defeat in a parliamentary no-confidence vote next week, the Right-wing populist leaders Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen are ...

PARIS — If Prime Minister François Bayrou had hoped far-right leader Marine Le Pen would avoid bringing down France’s government because she is banned from running for political office, he sorely ...

PARIS — Should French President Emmanuel Macron decide to respond to France’s political chaos by calling new elections, his far-right rival Marine Le Pen will attempt to stand in the contest by ...

As French President Emmanuel Macron struggles to maintain his fragile grip on power, manoeuvres are reportedly underway by his far-right rival Marine Le Pen’s populist party to clear a path to an ...

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces a retrial starting in January next year as she seeks to overturn a conviction and election ban that is standing in the way of her plans to run in the next ...

Robert Birsel is a Newsweek reporter based in Asia with a focus on political and general news. Robert joined Newsweek in 2025 from Radio Free Asia and had previously worked at Reuters. He is a ...