Gabriel Attal

Le Pen was pressed for her position by journalists from France TV, the state broadcaster, on Monday

But a compromise that could save the political center from being crushed by the extremes doesn’t look like it’s on the menu

A request involving female staff triggered worker anger, a strike and probe

The dispute underlines the lack of clarity around the far-right National Rally’s views on Ukraine and Russia, something that its opponents hope to exploit to undermine the party’s credibility ahead of next year’s crucial presidential election

Seven of France's leading candidates locked horns on Thursday in their first debate, eight months ahead of an increasingly tight and crowded election to succeed President Emmanuel Macron

It had already opened a probe into a disinformation campaign against center-left politician Raphaël Glucksmann, who has yet to formally declare his candidacy but is widely expected to stand

This summer frenzy is meant to jump-start his presidential campaign

That same network, reportedly linked to Russian military intelligence, also created and distributed a deepfake imitating the voice of journalist Edwy Plenel (founder of Mediapart), in an attempt to spark a corruption rumor against Glucksmann

The watchdog attributed the campaign with a "high degree of confidence" to the pro-Russia "Matryoshka" network

She was convicted of embezzling European Parliament funds to pay staff at her anti-immigrant National Rally

The 30-year-old leader of France’s far-right National Rally — and the favorite to replace Marine Le Pen if she is barred from running in 2027 — sought during a 45-minute exclusive interview with POLITICO to put distance between himself and the U.S. president he once openly admired

The U.S. government's order for Anthropic to withdraw its most powerful artificial intelligence models has sparked a wave of criticism from both advocates and opponents of AI regulation

Gabriel Attal on Saturday kicked off his presidential election campaign with a major rally in Paris, vowing to move beyond the Macron era and reform a system he said is no longer delivering for the French people

By this time next year, France will have a new president and Emmanuel Macron, who is constitutionally barred from serving more than two consecutive terms, will have left after a decade in the Élysée Palace

The 37-year-old politician must now mount a concerted effort to separate himself from a cluttered cast of candidates, including fellow former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, conservative leader Bruno Retailleau and potentially former President François Hollande

Attal also writes about his close-knit family — his three sisters, his mother, and his adopted brother Nikolaï

Andrew Smith, Historian of modern France at Queen Mary University of London, spoke to France 24 to to review the political landscape one year before this key vote

Unlike François Hollande (2012-2017), who partly tied his potential 2017 re-election bid to "inverting the unemployment curve" ( though other factors eventually led him to bow out in 2016), Emmanuel Macron can dodge the political concsequences of having missed his full employment target, a pledge made during his 2022 campaign and reiterated in 2024, as he cannot run again in 2027

France's National Assembly on Monday January 26,2026 also backed legislation to ban children under 15 years old from social media amid growing concerns about online bullying and mental health risks

Trump deciding to wind back on tariffs on countries opposed his takeover of Greenland reduced the pressure at a hastily arranged summit of EU leaders

An emergency EU summit was hastily convened earlier this week after the US president announced he would impose 10% tariffs on eight European nations that defended Greenland, an autonomous territory that is part of Denmark