France's Le Pen Boosts Budget

France’s Le Pen Boosts Budget Asks Ahead of Monday Deadline
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who holds outsize leverage in France’s split parliament, gave Prime Minister Michel Barnier until Monday to adhere to her budget red lines before she decides whether to topple the government.
Le Pen Demands French PM Compromises In Budget Stalemate
Far-right French leader Marine Le Pen told a Sunday newspaper that her party would not necessarily vote to topple Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government -- so long as he agreed to negotiate.
France's budget battle offers Le Pen a reprieve as court decision looms
Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN), is turning her attention back to politics after a challenging legal ordeal. A verdict regarding allegations of misused European
France’s Le Pen Makes Budget Demands as Barnier Gives Ground
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally set out further demands for changes to the French government’s 2025 budget bill after Prime Minister Michel Barnier dropped plans to raise taxes on electricity in a key concession.
Le Pen slams France’s ‘unjust’ budget as markets brace for government collapse
PARIS — Marine Le Pen on Wednesday doubled down on her threat to topple the French government if Prime Minister Michel Barnier resists some of her far-right party’s demands on next year’s budget, which she slammed as “bad, unjust and violent.”
Embezzlement trial of France's Le Pen ends, verdicts expected in 2025
The trial of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and other French right-wing nationalists on suspicion of embezzling European funds is set to end on Wednesday, with verdicts expected in early 2025.
Court to rule on ineligibility for France's Le Pen in March
French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen will learn in March whether she will be declared ineligible for elections, a Paris court said on Wednesday at the end of a trial for embezzling funds from the European Parliament.
France Latest: Le Pen Sets Out More Budget Demands
Marine Le Pen's National Rally set out further demands for changes to the French government's 2025 budget bill after Prime Minister Michel Barnier dropped plans to raise taxes on electricity in a key concession.
France’s Le Pen Boosts Budget Demands Ahead of Monday Deadline
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who holds outsize leverage in France’s split parliament, gave Prime Minister Michel Barnier until Monday to accede to her budget demands before she decides whether to topple the government.
Marine Le Pen turns screws on PM Michel Barnier in French budget showdown
He has until Monday,” far-right leader Marine Le Pen warned Barnier this week as she demanded further concessions on his contentious 2025 budget that aims to start trimming France’s yawning public deficit.
High-stakes trial that could derail presidential ambitions of France’s Marine Le Pen wraps up
A high-stakes trial in France that could derail the presidential ambitions of far-right leader Marine Le Pen is wrapping up.
Le Pen makes new threat to withdraw support for French government
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen issued a new threat on Monday to bring down France's coalition government in a no-confidence ...