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Far-right leader Marine Le Pen leaves the courtroom after the verdict of her appeal trial, in Paris, France, July. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
July 7, 2026, 6:18 pm
French court clears Le Pen for 2027 presidential run under condition she rejects
Judge upholds far-right leader’s embezzlement verdict but lifts ban on holding public office; sentence would still require her to wear electronic bracelet during election campaign
By Sylvie Corbet and John Leicester
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech next to the submarine 'Le Temeraire' at the nuclear submarines' Navy base of Ile Longue in Crozon, France, March 2, 2026. (Yoan Valat/Pool Photo via AP)
March 9, 2026, 8:41 am
Macron heads to Cyprus as Europe rallies around island after drone attack
Macron bolstering French military presence, drone and missile defenses around Cyprus ahead of talks with Cypriot and Greek leaders
By Sylvie Corbet and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
French President's wife Brigitte Macron arrives ahead of the ceremony outside 'La Belle Equipe' bar, Nov. 13, 2025 in Paris (Ludovic Marin, Pool photo via AP, File)
January 5, 2026, 2:54 pm
French court convicts 10 of cyberbullying over claims about Brigitte Macron’s gender
Defendants posted ‘malicious comments’ about French first lady, falsely saying she’s male or calling her a pedophile, but several say they were joking; one gets 6 months in prison
By Sylvie Corbet
Holocaust survivor Ester Senot, 97, attends a commemorative ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the return of death camp deportees, in Paris, France, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
May 4, 2025, 1:58 pm
Death camp survivors recall horrors as France marks 80 years since Nazi surrender
Ester Senot survived over a year at Auschwitz; when she returned to France weighing 32 kilograms, neighbors reacted with disbelief at her stories, said she was ‘talking nonsense’
By Sylvie Corbet
Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc, in Paris, May 1, 2017. (Kamil Zihnioglu/AP)
January 7, 2025, 3:59 pm
French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, anti-immigrant firebrand, dies at 96
Polarizing figure, father of politician Marine Le Pen, belittled Holocaust gas chambers as ‘a detail in World War II history,’ railed against migrants and multiculturalism
By Thomas Adamson, Sylvie Corbet and Elaine Ganley
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, front, speaks to the media as she arrives at the court house in Paris, September 30, 2024. (Thibault Camus/AP)
September 30, 2024, 6:19 pm
France’s Le Pen and her party go on trial on charges of embezzling EU funds
Leader of far-right National Rally denies misappropriating European Parliament funds to pay assistants for political work
By Sylvie Corbet and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY
Renowned Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld poses in his office, July 2, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
July 3, 2024, 7:38 pm
Ahead of runoff, famed Nazi hunter says French far left more dangerous than far right
Serge Klarsfeld says he’ll vote for Macron’s centrist alliance, but those faced with only a choice between the two poles should pick ‘a party which supports Israel’
By Sylvie Corbet and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER
French far right leader Marine Le Pen reacts as she meets supporters and journalists after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
July 1, 2024, 1:29 pm
French far right ahead in 1st round of snap elections: Here’s what comes next
Parties advance to a runoff election, as far left and centrists scramble to prevent far-right National Rally from receiving an absolute majority in the lower legislature
By Sylvie Corbet
Followers of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front) glue campaign posters for the upcoming legislative election, June 26, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
June 29, 2024, 9:26 am
France’s snap election: How it works and what comes next
Result of two-round vote — on June 30 and July 7 — highly uncertain: could see first far-right government since WWII Nazi occupation, or no majority at all
By Sylvie Corbet
France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers remarks during a press conference held at the Pavillon Cambon Capucines in Paris, June 12, 2024. (Stephane de Sakutin / AFP)
June 12, 2024, 3:21 pm
‘Time now to take action’: Macron exhorts French moderates to coalesce for snap vote
France’s president pushes back on claim he played into far right’s hands with dispersal of parliament after loss in EU elections; rails against extremes, ‘unnatural alliances’
By Sylvie Corbet
From left to right, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Reichs Sports Leader Hans von Tschammer und Osten and General Field Marschall Werner von Blomberg observe the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany in August 1936. (AP Photo, File)
March 28, 2024, 2:17 pm
Ahead of Paris Olympics, Shoah Memorial exhibit highlights games as ‘mirror of society’
Exhibition showcases historical moments in the sporting event’s history, from the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Berlin to the deadly terror attack in Munich in 1972
By Sylvie Corbet
The portrait of Missak Manouchian is projected on the facade of the Pantheon monument in Paris, France, Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
February 22, 2024, 9:09 am
In first, France honors foreign communist WWII resistance fighter
Armenian poet Missak Manouchian, who led dozens of anti-Nazi attacks in Vichy France before he was executed, also first foreigner recognized as having ‘died for France’
By Sylvie Corbet
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to inaugurate an exhibition on the theme of "Made in France" at the Elysee Palace, in Paris on June 30, 2023. (Michel Euler / POOL / AFP)
July 4, 2023, 12:33 pm
France’s Macron emerges weakened from unrest over teen’s shooting
Governing his already-polarized country has become close to impossible for French leader, who is heavily dependent on political allies
By Sylvie Corbet
Firefighters use a water hose on a burnt bus in Nanterre, outside Paris, France, July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
July 1, 2023, 11:30 am
Over 1,300 arrested in France during 4th night of riots over fatal police shooting
Funeral set to take place of 17-year-old whose killing by police unleashed unrest; 45,000 police officers deployed as interior ministry says 2,500 fires set overnight
By John Leicester, Sylvie Corbet and LEWIS JOLY
People run away during clashes with police in the center of Lyon, central France, Friday, June 30, 2023. (AP/Laurent Cipriani)
July 1, 2023, 6:18 am
French youths clash with officers in 4th day of riots over fatal police shooting
Macron appeals to parents to keep children off streets, blames social media for fueling unrest as rioters loot stores, set fires; police arrest 270 people Friday
By Sylvie Corbet, John Leicester and LEWIS JOLY
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