Marine Le Pen

Anti-immigration parties with fascist roots — and an uncertain commitment to democracy — are now mainstream.

Giorgia Meloni is the model for the continent’s far right.

The French president attempted to forge a united front on a harder line against Russia. But few were persuaded.

France has often been the vanguard of leftist politics — but support in the streets doesn’t always translate to votes at the ballot box.

Robert Badinter, the former minister who abolished the death penalty, was honored in Paris after his death on Friday, but members of the far left and right were told they were unwelcome.

With a decisive turn toward youth and conservative ideas, the French president sets a path for his reshuffled government.

The president also said during a televised appearance he would fight to the last to prevent the far-right leader Marine Le Pen from succeeding him.

The French leader was elected twice on a vow to keep populism at bay. But his bill received rare support from the far right, setting off a crisis in his party.

The country’s lower house of Parliament unexpectedly passed a motion to reject a government immigration reform bill, leaving its future uncertain.

“Democracy is not what partisans want. It’s what they settle for.”