The move backfired, with voters electing a parliament fractured between three rival blocs. Le Pen now has unprecedented power ...

France mired in deadlock since president called snap elections which weakened his power and ended in a hung parliament ...

Bayrou, a 73-year-old stalwart of French centrism and one of President Emmanuel Macron’s earliest supporters, strong-armed ...

France has been mired in political deadlock since Macron gambled on snap elections this summer in the hopes of bolstering his ...

Le Pen now has unprecedented power over French politics. By joining forces with the hard left, Le Pen's far-right National Rally party toppled Bayrou's predecessor Michel Barnier earlier this month.

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that the days of France's new government are already numbered, predicting an early presidential election in a few months. Le Pen, 56, spoke a day after ...