Marine Le Pen

Left-wing bloc says it should be able to govern as centrists seek to win over moderate right republicans

The far right won more votes nationwide than the left alliance and Macron’s centrists but the vote was spread across the country

National Rally official who helped pick contentious candidates steps down from executive committee

Far-right party president Jordan Bardella describes results as a ‘victory postponed’, echoing remarks made by the party’s figurehead Marine Le Pen

The centre and the left in France will need to decide what else they agree on, other than opposing Marine Le Pen

Leftist New Popular Front emerges as dominant force in the National Assembly as Macron’s alliance suffers humbling setback after Sunday’s election

Complicated talks lie ahead after snap elections called by Emmanuel Macron result in hung parliament

Even tear gas from riot police does little to dampen the party atmosphere as the New Popular Front wins the French elections

Macron’s election gamble has engineered a dangerous moment for France and the European Union

Left-wing coalition finishes first in French parliamentary elections as far right kept from power

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is forecast to win most votes in today’s run-off election but fall short of a majority

Marine Le Pen’s party is set to become the largest in parliament as French people vote in the second round of elections

France might be closer to dictatorship than it has been since the end of the second World War

There are significant parallels - and differences - between countermovements that gripped Europe and the US about 100 years ago and forces shaping politics today

France’s snap elections heightened concern about the country’s public finances

Additional 30,000 police deployed amid fear of street violence as extreme right-wing National Rally is expected to win the largest number of seats in the snap election called by President Macron

Far-right party projected to fall significantly short of 289 seats required to push through its agenda easily

Forward urges voters to turn out in force and fend off the threat of the National Rally

Election campaign has been marred by political tensions and growing violence

In advance of Sunday’s second round of voting in the French legislative election, residents discuss the mood in the country and what the rise of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally means for them

From a far right government to a hung parliament, what are the likely outcomes of the French elections?

Gabriel Attal says cross-party co-operation can prevent National Rally from taking control of the National Assembly

French far-right party leader says she will look for allies if RN fails to secure 289 parliamentary seats on Sunday

In the News podcast: Irish Times acting Europe Correspondent Jack Power on the first round of the French elections and what lies ahead on July 7th

Marine Le Pen’s Eurosceptic and anti-immigrant party came top in Sunday’s first-round election with 33% per cent of the vote

Much will depend on how well centre and left groups can avoid splitting the vote in decisive second round

Far-right National Rally party dominates first round of elections after unusually high turn out deals blow to Macron

Le Pen’s National Rally takes more than third of vote, according to projections, in major defeat for Macron in snap election

Make no mistake: A far-right government in France would be an earthquake for the EU

Tensions already emerging over who controls certain areas of policy after the election if Marine LE Pen’s party finishes first

Opponents accuse National Rally leader of arrogance and distorting constitution

Far-right expected to perform strongly in snap election on June 30th and July 7th

French parliamentary elections shaping up to be choice between far right National Rally and leftwing Popular Front

Economics, although important, tend to be trumped by culture

In the far right’s stronghold of southern France, the left seek to rally in Marseilles

Some young French voters see Jordan Bardella and the far right bringing ‘order’

National Rally party leading opinion polls ahead of snap election called by Emmanuel Macron

Attitudes to democracy and the rule of law will define the distinctions in politics

Far right and far left ‘two extreme blocks’ unfit to run the country, Macron says

While his detractors argue that Bardella lacks substance, his message increasingly resonates with voters, and not just those who fit the mould of the stereotypical far-right supporter