Moment of big opportunity and high risk for Marine Le Pen
Backing the collapse of Michel Barnier's French government is a high-stakes moment for Marine Le Pen. It could lead to her best chance of power yet as head of France’s far-right National Rally.
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Opinion | Marine Le Pen to the Markets: Drop Dead
Who’s afraid of Marine Le Pen? Everyone in the European establishment, after her National Rally party on Wednesday toppled the French government. She took down the Prime Minister of the European Union’s second-largest economy with the help of the French left.
Analysis-French Far-Right's Le Pen May Regret Her Risky Bid to Topple Government
PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appears to be betting her future on ousting President Emmanuel Macron before his term ends in 2027, lawmakers and analysts say. To do so, she has helped trigger France's second political crisis in six months. It's a decision that may haunt her.
Le Pen delivers final blow to crush French government
On Wednesday, extreme-right figurehead Marine Le Pen led the charge in a no-confidence vote by partnering with the left, leaving the country without a government for the second time in roughly six months.
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Emmanuel Macron’s Wager Pays Off for Marine Le Pen
The government’s collapse leaves the right-wing populist with her best shot at the French presidency.
French government collapse: Le Pen eyes chance to destroy Macron
France’s far-right leader has brought the government to its knees. Now, with the country in political turmoil, she has the president in her sights.
French government falls after Macron’s PM loses vote
France’s government fell after MPs voted to oust prime minister Michel Barnier’s administration and plunge the country into fresh political turmoil and without a budget.
Marine Le Pen’s Party Pledges to Topple French Government
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French lawmakers vote to oust prime minister in the first successful no-confidence vote since 1962
France’s lawmakers joined together in a historic no-confidence vote that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his Cabinet ...
France's Le Pen says she would support a budget rollover emergency law
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday her National Rally (RN) party would support an emergency law that ...
Marine Le Pen threatens to bring down French government over pension tax
Marine Le Pen, National Rally (RN) leader, has threatened to bring down the French government on Monday if Michel Barnier, ...
Far right and far left leave French government on the brink
France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she will seek to topple Macron's prime minister, Barnier, in the French ...
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With French Government Facing a No-Confidence Vote, Marine Le Pen Takes on Her Prime Adversary — President Macron
The drama is developing at Paris as deficits soar and the walls close in on an unpopular president whose miscalculations are ...
Why Marine Le Pen really wants to bring down Michel Barnier
Some say she dare not disappoint her base, others that she needs an election before her potentially disqualifying trial ...