
The French government is keeping tight-lipped on the subject of Britain’s renegotiation of the European Union treaties, for fear that discussion of the subject in public will encourage French voters to back the National Front. Their unwillingness to engage on
by Donna Rachel Edmunds9 Dec 2015, 6:35 AM PST0

Political parties promoting nationalism and fiscal responsibility always benefit electorally from a financial crisis, a German think tank has claimed. The think tank examined the results of more than 800 general elections in 20 advanced economies, documenting the rise of the
by Donna Rachel Edmunds20 Oct 2015, 11:40 AM PST0

DENAIN, France – The northern French town of Denain has been a left-wing bastion for generations. Not any more. The feeling that mainstream politicians have failed runs high amid the 20,000 inhabitants of a place where the poverty rate, as
by Reuters15 Oct 2015, 3:11 AM PST0

France’s National Front is looking to broaden its electoral base by appealing to Muslims living in impoverished neighbourhoods in and around Paris. The party has set itself against open door immigration leading to accusations of racism within the media, but
by Donna Rachel Edmunds13 Oct 2015, 1:55 AM PST0

French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen will go on trial for comparing Muslim street prayers to wartime Nazi occupation, party officials and the prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday.
by Breitbart News22 Sep 2015, 10:26 PM PST0

Weeks after being expelled over his anti-Semitic remarks from the Front National (FN), Jean-Marie Le Pen has announced the creation of a rival ‘Blue-White-Red- movement. 87-year-old Le Pen yesterday announced his plan to form the new political movement at a meeting of supporters
by Sarkis Zeronian6 Sep 2015, 5:59 AM PST0

Anonymous International released over 40,000 text messages allegedly hacked from a Russian official showing Russia offering money to France’s National Front (FN) party if the party’s leader, Marine Le Pen, endorsed the annexation of Crimea.
by Mary Chastain6 Apr 2015, 9:17 AM PST0

France’s ruling Socialist Party has taken a drubbing in the French local elections, losing control of around half of its departements including left wing strongholds such as Correze, President Hollande’s home ground. Hollande’s presidential prospects are now looking gloomy, with one adviser
by Donna Rachel Edmunds30 Mar 2015, 6:20 AM PST0

On Tuesday, The Huffington Post attempted to spin Islamic radicalism in Europe as a secondary threat to both Europeans and Jews. The primary threat? As their headline put it, “Far-Right Parties On The Rise Across Europe.”
by Ben Shapiro13 Jan 2015, 7:38 PM PST0

Jonathan Laurence, and associate professor of political science at Boston College and nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, writes in Slate that Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s National Front political party, is “ready to seize the moment” after Wednesday’s Islamist massacre at the offices of satire magazine Charlie Hebdo.
by Breitbart News8 Jan 2015, 1:27 PM PST0