French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she aims to lead France as the president of a "non-aligned" power but insisted she was not seeking the post of prime minister in the case of new legislative elections.

Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time'

(AP Photo/Thomas Padilla) MARSEILLE, France (CN) — France’s far-right leader Marine ... to rebrand the RN away from the former National Front of her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen. The party has long been associated with extremist, xenophobic rhetoric ...

Millions of Europeans will go to the polls this year in a test of the right-wing movements that surged in 2024’s historic elections — and of the liberal order that so many disgruntled Europeans turned against.

But not all of the leading conservative populist parties in the world are the same — in rhetoric or on policy.