France plunged into political uncertainty as voters reject far-right National Rally Jonathan Eyal. Global Affairs Correspondent. France has ...

National Rally is leading in the first round of voting in a high-stakes election that puts France on course for a far-right government for the first time since World War II.

Jordan Bardella, the National Party’s president, is jockeying to become France’s next prime minister — something that 10 years ago would have been unthinkable.

The right-wing, Marine Le Pen-led National Rally is closer than ever to control of France's government, and looking to make the most out of its first-round electoral dominance.

A bloc of leftist parties known as the New Popular Front, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon as its figurehead, defied polls and political experts to win the most seats in France's 577-seat National ...

French far-right party National Rally (RN) suffered an unexpected defeat in Sunday's legislative elections as it came in third, behind a left-wing alliance and President Macron's centrist group.