When should a democracy stop politicians from running for office?” Unsurprisingly, it was prompted by the exclusion of Marine Le Pen from French public office for five years because she was convicted ...

In this edition, we hear how the EU has started speed dating anyone who is open for business and about the rise and fall of ...

Supporters are likening a five-year ban on Marine Le Pen running for office to a political witch-hunt. But the criticisms — and death threats to a judge — could backfire.

Embezzlement and polarizing legal decisions aren’t new, of course. But the crisis of Western democracy, most fundamentally, ...

A 76-year-old Frenchman was found guilty on Wednesday of threatening a judge who barred French far-right leader Marine Le Pen ...

Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally, was convicted of embezzling EU funds and barred from running for ...

A French anti-racism group has filed a legal complaint against the far-right fringe group Luminis Paris after it distributed graphic flyers calling for action against foreigners near ...

Right-wing parties in Europe face suppression from establishment institutions, including legal prosecution and exclusion from ...

Bill Ackman, one of President Donald Trump's staunchest defenders among major hedge-fund managers, published a post on X on Sunday urging a "90-day timeout" on some of the tariffs announced by the ...

Far-right French politician Marine Le Pen, who was convicted last week of embezzling public funds and banned from running for ...

JD Vance's Bold Stand in Munich** In a daring address that reverberated across continents, Vice President JD Vance confronted Europe’s political elite a ...

France's far-right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen has called a court ruling banning her from running for office for ...