Marine Le Pen’s in Lyon: Lookalike of Donald Trump’s “America-first” policies

The Front National Candidate Marine Le Pen formally launched her campaign during a meeting at the Lyon Congress Centre this Sunday. She claimed France is under the threat of two “totalitarianisms”…

7 facts for understanding ‘Penelopegate’ scandal

Marine Le Pen: Front National

Marine Le Pen is the current President of the National Front (FN) party. She won the leadership of her party in 2011, succeeding her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, to become the party’s second president since its creation in 1972. Le Pen first joined the FN party in 1986 at the…

Fact-check of the day: “All terrorists are migrants” — Front National’s MEP Nicolas Bay

Front National’s MEP and secretary-general Nicolas Bay declared on BFM TV that all terrorists in France were migrants. This is not the first time he has made such a statement about…

Jean Luc Mélenchon: La France Insoumise

Spearheaded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the movement of La France Insoumise (Unsubdued France)…

François Fillon: Les Républicains

On Sunday 27 August, François Fillon announced he would participate in the Républicains primaries in…

Jadot and Hamon seal their marriage… waiting for Mélenchon?

Green Party leader Yannick Jadot announced…

Money troubles in French Politics

In less than 100 days, France will elect its new President. The…

Hamon, discredited within his own party, accused of “not realising he is in a Presidential campaign”