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Saving Europe - destroy or double-down

From the far-right to the center - politicians are setting out their grand plans and grand rhetoric for the European Union ahead of May's elections. This week we spoke to Marine Le Pen who said to save Europe we must destroy it, while centre-right German MEP Manfred Weber has other ideas.

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Raw Politics #ICYMI: Brexit extension and Marine Le Pen

Watch the highlights from this week's Raw Politics episodes.

World

Exclusive interview: Marine Le Pen "dreams" of nationalist supergroup

French nationalist leader Marine Le Pen is hoping she and Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini can form a new supergroup of MEPs after European Parliamentary elections in May.

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Raw Politics in full: Brexit pressure from EU and far-right unity

Watch Thursday night's episode of Raw Politics.

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France

'To save Europe, you have to turn away from EU,' says Marine Le Pen

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen sat down with Euronews and spoke about May's European Parliament elections.

France

The populists trying to lure France's 'yellow vests'

Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio met a senior 'yellow vest' figure on Tuesday. Jean-Luc Melenchon and Marine Le Pen have also tried to align their parties with the grassroots campaign.

Europe News

Right-wing populists accused of "misuse" of EU Parliament

MEPs criticize laziness and negative slogans

Europe News

"Le Pen misuses the European Parliament"

MEPs severely criticize anti-European attitudes and laziness of ring-wing-populist members

France

France's Le Pen appeals to 'yellow vests' for Europe election

Marine Le Pen launched her campaign for the European Parliament election with an appeal to the Yellow Vest protesters.

France

Macron's France tour: commemoration or campaigning? | Raw Politics

Emmanuel Macron is embarking on a week-long tour of north-eastern France in the run-up to commemorations to mark a century since the end of World War I. But how much of the territory he visits will serve his domestic agenda?

France

France: Le Pen ahead of Macron in EU election polling

Marine Le Pen’s party moves ahead of Emmanuel Macron’s as French far-right parties gain a combined 30% share of voting intentions.

Italy

Le Pen and Salvini meet, brand EU leaders 'enemies of Europe'

Far right leaders meet: Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini and France's Marine Le Pen held a press conference saying there must be an alternative Europe and that EU commission president Jean-Claude Junker and economic minister Pierre Moscovici - are enemies of Europe

France

French court orders Marine Le Pen to undergo psychiatric evaluation

The far-right French politician is under investigation for sharing images of atrocities carried out by the Islamic State jihadist group.

World News

Euroviews. How to bridge Europe's streets and Brussels' corridors | View

The gap between the European streets and the corridors of Brussels condemns the EU to remain a scapegoat for everyone to blame when something does not work. The only way to break such an impasse is for politics to become European and eventually offer the democratic legitimacy the EU needs.

Europe News

The new grassroot movements looking to shake-up EU elections

"We want to come up with an approach that is completely innovative, that has not been seen in politics"

France

Collomb faces MPs' anger over handling of Benalla affair

The French Interior Minister has come under criticism from politicians for not immediately informing judicial officials of the incident after one of President Emmanuel Macron's bodyguards was filmed assaulting a protestor in May.

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French judges block €2m funding from Le Pen party

The leader of France’s far-right National Rally (Rassemblement national) party has slammed court judges after they ordered that it could not receive €2m in public funding.

France

Le Pen ordered to repay €300,000 to European Parliament

The EU's second highest tribunal has rejected a bid by Marine Le Pen to overturn a ruling about misuse of funds.

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Euroviews. What’s in a name for French political parties in transition? | View

A great deal and not much, says an expert in French politics from Sciences Po Lyon.

France

FN name-change harks back to Nazi past say French critics

The French far-right is trying to change its name, but observers note a clumsy similarity between the proposed new moniker and a WWII fascist group that allied with the Nazis during the occupation.