Marine Le Pen

The history of dictatorship and populist demagoguery can help us sort out what’s happening now—and even reassure us that there’s reason for hope

Emmanuel Macron is not exactly popular, but no one will admit to voting for Marine Le Pen in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

The things that made Macron so refreshing—he’s 39, never held elected office before, has no political party—are suddenly the ingredients of a potential nightmare.

While far-right candidate Marine Le Pen made it to the second round of voting, she’s unlikely to win. But France’s problems aren’t about to go away.

In Koblenz, Germany, the leaders of Europe’s nationalist movement unite for an awkward political spectacle

Will far-right populism become a mainstream view in European politics? France’s upcoming election will offer a first test.

The far-right French leader brought her outrage to La Belle Province—a place that knows a thing or two about the politics of fear

Paul Wells sends a dispatch from Beaucaire in France, where Marine Le Pen’s counter-rally drew an ominous response from the crowd

The French president narrowly lost the first electoral round. He’s running scared and needs new friends—fast.

Campaigning on Tuesday, less than 48 hours after the first round of Presidential election voting in France, Nicolas Sarkozy said this:

The lands of foie gras and puppy mills are suddenly horrified by animal slaughter

The Journal de Montréal website is this morning running footage of chicken heads being cut off. This is an excellent step up in verisimilitude for Quebecor, which had heretofore preferred chicken suits and anchors who act like chickens with their heads cut off. But already I digress.