France
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Europe
Jordan Bardella, the French hard right’s young hope
After Marine Le Pen was barred from running for president, the 29-year-old may have to take her place
Europe
Marine Le Pen’s ban polarises France
Pending her appeal, it also opens up the presidential election
By Invitation
The Le Pen ruling is good for liberal democracy, writes Tarik Abou-Chadi
The Oxford professor says it shouldn’t matter whether the verdict emboldens the hard right or not
Leaders
Why Marine Le Pen should be allowed to run for president
Punish the offender without also punishing French democracy
Europe
Barring Marine Le Pen is a political thunderbolt for France
Her sentence for improper use of EU funds could strengthen the hard right
International
Trump is a problem for Europe’s most important hard-right leaders
His antics are causing headaches for Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen
Britain
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are forging a tight link
As Donald Trump threatens to leave Europe on its own
Europe
Le Chat, the cat-bot France has pinned its AI hopes on
Mistral AI’s chat assistant raises a pressing question
Middle East & Africa
France’s bitter retreat from west Africa
The danger is a security void now opens up
Europe
The French government’s survival is now in Socialist hands
Moderates attempt to move away from the radicals
Europe
A French-sponsored Ukrainian army brigade has been badly botched
The scandal reveals serious weaknesses in Ukraine’s military command
Europe
France’s new prime minister is trying to court the left
François Bayrou gambles with Emmanuel Macron’s economic legacy