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The European Central Bank's Christine Lagarde has declined to rule out an early end to her term as president, as she mulls a foray into French politics.

By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS, July 31 (Reuters) - French banks need state guarantees for presidential campaign loans, the ...

PARIS — France already faced one of the world's most important elections next year. Now it has one of the more unusual. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen ’s decision to run for the presidency for a ...

F OR OVER half a century, a member of the Le Pen family has stood at every French presidential election bar one. This time, after a court in 2025 banned Marine Le Pen, leader of t ...

‌French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Tuesday she ​would run for president in the 2027 election after an appeals ‌court ⁠upheld her conviction for misusing EU funds.

The French hard-right leader was banned from standing for public office for five years after she was found guilty last year of embezzling EU funds.

ECB President Christine Lagarde during an interview with Euronews on 9 July 2026.

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen could well win France's presidential election next year despite an appeal court this week upholding a guilty verdict for embezzlement of EU ...

With less than a year to go until France's April 2027 presidential election, the far-right National Rally party still hasn't designated a candidate. As Marine Le Pen appeals a graft conviction that ...

The first round of the next presidential election is set for April 18, 2027, and the runoff on May 2, just one day after Labor Day, a highly symbolic date in France.

Marine Le Pen's embezzlement ban was shortened to allow a 2027 presidential run, but she must wear an ankle monitor that could complicate campaigning.