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Poisonous political rhetoric is a danger to the world warns Amnesty International

The rise in poisonous political rhetoric is threatening to roll back human rights and creating a more dangerous world, Amnesty International has warned.

Lebanon

France's Le Pen refuses to wear headscarf to meet Lebanon's Grand Mufti

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has refused to go into a meeting with Lebanon’s Grand Mufti after being asked to wear a headscarf.

France

Le Pen's Paris headquarters searched by police

FN officials have told the Reuters agency the search is connected to an inquiry into the alleged misuse of European Union funds to pay parliamentary assistants.

France

Far-right Le Pen leads French presidential polls

Far-right Le Pen tops the polls ahead of French presidential election

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France

Macron seen winning French presidency in latest poll

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen visited a migration hotspot on the country’s border with Italy on Monday.

France

Dual citizenship for Europeans only, Le Pen says

National Front leader Marine Le Pen has outlined a policy where dual citizens from non-European countries would be forced to make a choice which they want to keep.

France

360 video: Le Pen, Macron and Melenchon kick-off French presidential campaign

Campaigning for France's presidential election began this week with three of the leading candidates addressing supporters in Lyon.

France

Le Pen sets out stall as the FN climbs to first place in French presidential polls

The leader of France's far-right Front Nationale, Marine Le Pen, has been defending her policies as her party moves into the lead in presidential opinion polls.

France

What are Marine Le Pen's policies?

Since the triumphs of Brexit and Trump, the Front National leader has been increasingly seen as a serious contender in the 2017 French presidential election.

France

Le Pen gets tough on Europe in French presidential campaign launch

Taking the top spot in her list of 144 election pledges is ‘the return of France’s sovereignty’.

France

French election campaigns heating up

A rundown of three French presidential candidate's rallies which all took place this weekend in Lyon.

World News

'I defend the walls of our society': Le Pen launches presidential bid

Far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen kicks off her French presidential campaign in Lyon, with a promise to protect voters from globalisation.

France

French presidential front-runners Le Pen and Macron rally supporters

Riding high in the opinion polls, far-right leader Marine Le Pen kick-starts her campaign to become French president with a major speech on Sunday, hammering home an anti-euro, anti-immigrant…

France

Fillon vows to hold on as presidential contender despite scandal

The French presidential candidate on the right appears before a rally of supporters, but even some in his own party are asking how long he can survive

France

French journalist 'roughed up' by security guards at Le Pen appearance

A French journalist was violently removed by security guards from a Paris event on February 1, after asking National Front leader Marine Le Pen a question about her alleged misuse of European Union fu

France

France's Le Pen defies demand for "misspent" funds

France’s National Front leader Marine Le Pen has defied a deadline set by the EU authorities for her to repay funds they claim she has misspent.

France

Crowded field jostles for position as mud flies in French presidential race

With the Socialist candidate finally chosen this weekend, can either Manuel Valls or Benoit Hamon make a difference in the packed French presidential election race?

World News

Europe's far-right sets out its vision in Koblenz

Europe’s political direction will tilt towards the extreme right this year if elections go as many expect in France, Germany and the Netherlands.

Economy

The Brief from Brussels: fallout continues over UK envoy's resignation

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s political capital.

France

New Year, new election in France

With the dawn of the New Year, the presidential hopefuls from France's mainstream political parties have begun to set out their plans ahead of the vote in the spring.