Marine Le Pen — National Rally leader whose 2027 presidential eligibility was upheld by Paris appeals court in July 2026, though subject to home detention constraints.
… President Emmanuel Macron is nearing the end of his second and final term in office, and LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon is currently runner-up in the opinion polls behind Marine Le Pen of the hard-right National Rally. …
… Marine Le Pen of the hard-right National Rally party and conservative Bruno Retailleau were both pictured at the Place de la Concorde ahead of the event, while centrists Édouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal were also spotted. …
… Marine Le Pen of the hard-right National Rally party and conservative Bruno Retailleau were both pictured at the Place de la Concorde ahead of the event, while centrists Edouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal are also due to be there. …
… Several candidates for next year’s presidential election are also due, including Marine Le Pen of the nationalist right, centrists Edouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal, and conservative Bruno Retailleau. …
… It must be applied everywhere, for everyone.” French hard-right leader Marine Le Pen said: “In France, we will never accept that the presence of women be ‘limited’.” Former centre-right French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who has said he will run for the presidency next year, sa …
… Marine Le Pen of France’s National Rally said the result pointed to an “obvious truth: membership in the European Union is not the natural horizon for every European democracy”.
France is in a state of nervous excitement as it awaits Tuesday’s court verdict that will determine whether nationalist frontrunner Marine Le Pen can stand in next year’s presidential election. …
… Our response is very firm.” Far-right leader Marine Le Pen wrote on X: “Only in France does a football club’s victory spark riots.” “Only in France does everyone feel compelled to lock themselves in their homes on the evening of a victory to avoid being confronted with violence,” …
Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across France as high-school pupil protests expanded to include parents, university students, and unions, with police using tear gas in Paris and Marseille and water cannon in Rennes. The government reported disruptions in 891 high schools on Tuesday and more than 250,000 demonstrators on the streets, while students' unions put the number at 450,000 demonstrators and 1,800 blockaded schools.
Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across France as high-school pupil protests expanded to include parents, university students, and unions, with police using tear gas in Paris and Marseille and water cannon in Rennes. The government reported disruptions in 891 high schools on Tuesday and more than 250,000 demonstrators on the streets, while students' unions put the number at 450,000 demonstrators and 1,800 blockaded schools.
Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass in Paris attended by an estimated 700,000 people, praising young worshippers for their "enthusiasm, energy and commitment" to the Catholic Church. The event took place on the second day of the Pope's four-day visit to France.
Pope Leo XIV celebrated a giant open-air Mass on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, with more than half a million people expected to attend the ceremony at Place de la Concorde. French President Emmanuel Macron did not attend to preserve France's separation of state and religion, but his wife Brigitte, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, and several presidential candidates were present.
Pope Leo XIV is making a four-day visit to France, with a centrepiece Mass on Saturday in central Paris expected to draw more than half a million Catholic faithful to the Place de la Concorde and Champs-Élysées area. President Macron will greet the Pope at the airport and hold talks on geopolitical issues and artificial intelligence, but will not attend the Masses to respect France's separation of state and religion.
The Eiffel Tower closed on Monday after staff struck in protest of female workers being removed from their posts during a visit by a Hindu religious delegation on Saturday. The operator later acknowledged the decision to accommodate the group's request to limit interactions with women did not align with the company's values or principles of gender equality.
Icelandic voters rejected the government's proposal to restart EU membership negotiations in a referendum, with 52.8% voting no against 47.2% voting yes. Fishing industry concerns dominated debate despite international tensions cited as the reason for bringing forward the vote.
Elon Musk made the film Citizen Vigilante, starring Armie Hammer and directed by Uwe Boll, free to view on X for 48 hours in late June. The film depicts an American vigilante killing police officers, judges, and others in an unnamed European country, and Musk's promotion briefly pushed it to the top of streaming charts on platforms including Apple and Amazon.
A Paris appeals court upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misuse of EU funds but shortened her ban from public office, making her legally eligible for the 2027 presidential election. However, the court sentenced her to one year home detention with electronic monitoring, a constraint Le Pen says would prevent her from campaigning freely.
France awaits a Tuesday court verdict to determine whether National Rally leader Marine Le Pen can stand in next year's presidential election; if the appeal court confirms last year's initial verdict in her trial for misuse of European parliamentary funds, she will be declared ineligible for public office. Opinion polls currently show Le Pen well-positioned to become France's next head of state, but if disqualified, her party's 30-year-old candidate Jordan Bardella would automatically run instead.
After PSG won the Champions League final against Arsenal, clashes between football fans and police across France injured 219 people, including 57 police officers. According to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, 780 people were arrested, with more than 450 in custody, and violence disrupted transport services in Paris.