Marine Le Pen

French chaos: A godsend for Trump and Netanyahu, an extra shock for French Jews - opinion

Many French Jews are, in fact, asking themselves how authorities could protect them, despite their commitment to do so, if they fail to protect city halls, businesses, and regular citizens.

Masked protesters stand next to burning bicycles amid clashes during a demonstration against the cost of living and rising fuel prices near the Place de la Republique in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement, joined by French high school and university students,
 Marine Le Pen, President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party parliamentary group. Paris, France, June 2, 2024.

Chikli is whitewashing the French far Right - opinion

A masked student attempts to kick a tear gas canister, amid clashes with French riot police during a protest by French high school and university students near Lycee Paul Eluard high-school.

Police fire tear gas as French high school protests escalate nationwide over school conditions

Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) political party, listens to the speech of Marine Le Pen, French far-right leader and member of parliament, in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, September 13, 2026.

French far-right leader Bardella denies media claim he made antisemitic remarks


After underwhelming campaign, Macron relieved to be ahead in polls

Macron garnered 28% of the vote, compared with 23% for Marine Le Pen. The result was much better for Macron than the one predicted by the polls over the weekend.

 People voting a the French school in HaNeviim Street in Jerusalem.

Who is Sarah Knafo, the 28-year-old French Jew dating Éric Zemmour?

Whichever way it plays out at the polls, the Zemmour-Knafo love story is a striking partnership between two successful Parisian Jews who have shunned the conventions of their own communities.

 French far-right commentator Eric Zemmour, leader of far-right party "Reconquete!" and candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, and his companion and campaign advisor Sarah Knafo visit the 58th International Agriculture Fair (Salon de l'Agriculture) at the Porte de Versailles exhibition

Marine Le Pen tries to move her father's far-right party to the mainstream

EUROPEAN AFFAIRS: Marine Le Pen is a candidate for France's presidency in the elections next month.

 MARINE LE PEN visits the 58th International Agriculture Fair in Paris earlier this month.

Marine Le Pen would beat Macron in first round of French elections - poll

Le Pen’s father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, is a Holocaust denier with multiple convictions for inciting hate speech.

Marine Le Pen, élue députée du Pas-de-Calais

Marine Le Pen - Rebranding the far-right in France's political landscape

"The name change will mark the end of a chapter and the start of a new one, that of a party suited to being in power and striking alliances."

Marine Le Pen, élue députée du Pas-de-Calais

What's in a name? Le pen seeks to rebrand France's National Front party

"We are not renouncing anything, we are starting a new chapter in our history," says far right leader.

France's far-right National Front political party leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech during a political rally in Six-Fours, near Toulon

French lawmakers banned from wearing religious symbols in parliament

In an effort to 'maintain an atmosphere of neutrality' in the parliament does not permit the wearing of religious symbols.

A man wears a kippa.

Quand les deux extrêmes, de droite comme de gauche, déforment l’Histoire

Il est inquiétant que Marine Le Pen et Jean-Luc Mélenchon, qui représentent 40 % des Français, nient le rôle de la France dans la déportation des juifs

Marine Le Pen, élue députée du Pas-de-Calais

France: Extreme Right and Left leaders distort Holocaust history

France's grappling with its involvement in the Holocaust has taken decades.

Emmanuel Macron

European Jewish Congress calls for punishment for Jean-Marie Le Pen

The European Jewish Congress strongly condemned Le Pen's comments and called for the French judiciary to prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law.

National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen