Nigel Farage, the leader of populist party Reform UK, said on Tuesday he was resigning as an MP to stand for re-election so that the public could decide whether he should be ousted from parliament over a scandal involving the…
France is working to redefine its security and military cooperation with Syria, including the potential support of French special forces to fight against Islamic State in the country. The announcement was made by French President Emmanuel Macron during a landmark visit to Damascus. But problems remain, mainly regarding the country’s security. FRANCE 24’s Angela Diffley tells us more.
Marine Le Pen is set to give a crucial interview on French primetime television on July 7 following a sentence handed down by a court of appeal after she was found guilty of systemising the embezzlement of EU funds within…
Will Marine Le Pen leader be running in the 2027 presidential election? Or will she step back and let her popular 30-year-old protégé Jordan Bardella run instead? That is the question the party will have to answer following the appeal…
A Paris appeal’s court cleared the way July 7 for popular far-right leader Marine Le Pen to possibly run for the French presidency in 2027, but said she must wear an electronic bracelet. But she has said she would not in those conditions in the past. Now,…
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of embezzling EU fund, with the appeal’s court sentencing her to a 15-month ineligibility for office and a year with an electronic tag. Technically this would allow her to run…
Marine Le Pen’s path to the French presidency was thrown back into uncertainty on Tuesday after an appeals court cleared the far-right leader to run in next year’s presidential election but ordered her to serve a one-year sentence with an…
French far -right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been barred from public office for 15 months and sentenced to a year under electronic card after an appeal’s course found her guilty of embezzling EU funds. Although this means she could…
A French appeals court on July 7 upheld Marine Le Pen’s conviction for misusing EU funds but shortened her ban on running for elected office. In theory, this potentially re-opens a path for the far-right leader to run in the 2027 presidential race. But Le Pen is also sentenced to wearing an electronic tag for a year. She had said herself she would not run if that were the case. FRANCE 24’s Catherine…
The body of the Ukrainian woman suspected of planting a parcel bomb in Monaco last week was found near Kyiv, the local newspaper Ukrainska Pravda reported Tuesday. Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office later confirmed the body was found and said they also detained…