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MARINE LE PEN

Marine Le Pen speaks during a European election campaign rally in Paris on June 2.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 17, 2024
France's Le Pen says she will work with Macron to appeal to moderates
Marine Le Pen is reaching out to mainstream voters as she aims to cement a majority in the next parliament.
People attend a demonstration against the French far-right National Rally ahead of legislative elections, in Paris on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2024
Thousands protest in France to oppose Le Pen’s far right
The demonstrators are seeking to call attention to the nationalist party’s policies on human rights, the environment, equal rights and economic matters.
Alternative for Germany party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla react to results after the polls closed in the European Parliament elections, in Berlin on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2024
In EU elections, the center holds, but far right still wreaks havoc
Balloting indicates that the prevailing winds have grown chill for some of Europe’s political establishment.
Emmanuel Macron, France's president, during U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to the Elysee Palace in Paris on Saturday
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2024
Macron’s high-risk vote attempts to halt Le Pen’s French advance
French President Emmanuel Macron called a snap legislative ballot in a desperate bid to stop the rise of his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen.
French President Emmanuel Macron during U.S. President Joe Biden's visit to the Elysee Palace in Paris on Saturday
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2024
Macron and Scholz get trounced by far-right in EU elections
Far-right parties made gains that could sway the European Parliament to take a harder line on migration and upset work to protect the environment.
President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National-RN) party Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen, parliamentary party leader of the French far-right National Rally, attend a political rally to launch the party's campaign for the European elections, in Marseille, France, on March 3.
WORLD
Jun 4, 2024
A surging hard right stumbles over its own divisions
Immigration is an issue that has laid bare the contradictions for nationalist parties of trying to forge an international alliance.
French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech during the European Youth Festival "Fete de l'Europe" (Festival of Europe) in front of the Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche) in Dresden, eastern Germany, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
May 28, 2024
Macron calls far-right rise an 'ill wind' for Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron's trip comes two weeks ahead of European Union elections, in which polls are indicating his centrist coalition is trailing the far right.
Argentina's president Javier Milei gestures on stage during the Spanish far-right wing party Vox's rally "Europa Viva 24" in Madrid on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 20, 2024
Spain's Vox holds mass rally with Argentina's Milei and foreign allies
Nearly 11,000 supporters, according to the right-wing party, jeered at every mention of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda, feminism or socialism.
Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right National Rally party, gestures he attends a political rally during the party's campaign for the European elections in Perpignan, France, on May 1.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2024
Just how dangerous is Europe’s rising far right?
Anti-immigration parties with fascist roots — and an uncertain commitment to democracy — are now mainstream.
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends a European Union leaders summit in Brussels on March 22.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 29, 2024
Meloni-Le Pen rift mars far right's prospects of wielding EU power
Divisions within Europe's nationalist right that may stymie efforts to wield power at an EU level despite record support.
French President Emmanuel Macron on International Women's Day in Paris on March 8
WORLD / Politics
Mar 14, 2024
France faces centrist vacuum as far right builds momentum for presidency
A far-right presidency would be a transformational moment for France, Europe’s second largest economy.
Rassemblement National member of Parliament Marine Le Pen (left), and the president of the far-right party Jordan Bardella (right) march during a demonstration against antisemitism in Paris on Sunday
WORLD / Politics
Nov 16, 2023
EU's far right joins rally against antisemitism, unsettling some Jews
The strategy is to normalize the party's image, helping politicians bolster their anti-migration agenda while rebutting suggestions they are racist.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2023
Macron handed Marine Le Pen her big chance and she’s struggling
Le Pen’s advisers identified the wave of anger unleashed by Macron’s pension reform as a great opportunity, but the old problems that have dogged her career won’t go away.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2022
France’s far right picks 27-year-old to succeed Marine Le Pen
The result was widely expected as Marine Le Pen has been progressively handing over duties to Bardella, who's served as deputy leader since 2019.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 26, 2022
Macron’s win is also a blow to Viktor Orban’s nationalist crusade
But analysts say Macron must also learn lessons from his first term, as his penchant for announcing proposals rather than building coalitions at times annoyed his European counterparts.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 25, 2022
In troubled France, no honeymoon for re-elected Macron
The president's second term could be even rockier than the first with mounting political opposition and boiling social discontent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2022
France's Macron defeats far-right rival in presidential election
The incumbent president comfortably defeated his far-right rival Marine Le Pen, heading off a political earthquake but acknowledging dissatisfaction with his first term.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 22, 2022
Macron closes in on second term in France as Le Pen falters
The gap between the two of them has widened since April 10 to about 12 percentage points, as Le Pen's weaknesses on the economy became more apparent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 21, 2022
Macron cements French presidential frontrunner status with combative debate performance
Although Le Pen came across as more polished and composed than in a TV duel for the presidency in 2017, Macron went on the offensive over her ties to Russian leadership.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2022
Macron says Le Pen risks ‘civil war’ in France over Muslim veils
Le Pen said Macron's economic policies had been a disappointment and referred to herself as the 'spokeswoman of the French people.'
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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