Macron’s snap election gamble has been a gift to the far-right, but its path to power is still far from assured

French President Emmanuel Macron's gamble to hold a snap election to thwart the power of rising right-wing parties is looking ever more risky as final...

By Baria Alamuddin Over the past few days in France I have spoken to many people who profoundly fear for the future of Western...

Opinion: After a crushing defeat by the far-right National Rally in the European Parliament elections, President Macron is playing a high-stakes...

The far-right National Rally delivered its best results in the first round of voting in a high-stakes parliamentary election. But, after President...

Faster deportations, third-country asylum procedures — after the EU election, there is growing pressure in Germany to restrict immigration even...

The spending plans on offer by Macron’s opponents risk worsening France’s public finances and investors are nervous

Exit polls suggested Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party would have a strong lead in the French parliament.

By Luke Allnutt (RFE/RL) -- France's far-right National Rally (RN) party, led by Marine Le Pen, has secured a clear victory in the first round of...

French polling agencies indicated Emmanuel Macron's grouping of centrist parties could finish a distant third in the first-round ballot.