Nicolas Sarkozy's full-on chase after Marine Le Pen's voters has gone too far for a lot of France's newspapers, as they accuse him of borrowing the rhetoric of the Second World War.
When it comes to far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, the French vividly remember her father’s 2002 presidential bid, when the National Front's then-leader made it to the second round. But could history repeat itself in Sunday’s vote?
Former far-right head Jean-Marie Le Pen has defended Syria’s Bashar al-Assad on French radio, claiming Allied forces during World War II had far more blood on their hands. Has he put his foot in it for daughter and presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen?
The presidential election campaign grabs most of the headlines with the four main players - François Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy, Marine Le Pen and François Bayrou - each given prominence. That, and the controversial 'Robin Hood' tax, is the focus for this look at the French papers, Monday 9th January 2012.
Both women are eyeing the country’s top post. But French presidential candidates Marine Le Pen (right) and Eva Joly (left) have little in common. When they aired their differences this week, it was an acrimonious war of words.
MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Fri. 5/8/2011. More on Christine Lagarde's legal woes; Marine Le Pen backs up her father's controversial declaration on the Norway killings; the French far-right distances itself from Breivik; and a fugitive from French justice puts a mocking video online.
FRENCH PAPERS, Mon. 01/08/11. The crackdown in Syria is making a lot of front pages, as is the popular uprising in Israel. Many papers wonder whether the Arab Spring is turning into an Israeli summer. Meanwhile, Marine Le Pen attempts to dampen controversy within the National Front following the tragic killings in Norway on July 22nd. Her father, Jean-Marie, called the tragedy an "accident" and blamed it on the "naivety" of Norway.
FRENCH PAPERS, Thurs., 21/4/2011: Nine years ago today, the far-right National Front (FN) party reached the second round of the presidential election. Jean-Marie Le Pen faced off against Jacques Chirac, with the Socialist Party's Lionel Jospin eliminated after round one. Le Parisien has conducted a poll saying that in every possible scenario, the FN will again make it into the second round in 2012.
The unexpected results of a new French poll about potential 2012 presidential candidates offers quantitative support to the emerging consensus that under Marine Le Pen, the French far right is a force to be reckoned with.
The former leader of the far-right National Front political party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, heads to court Tuesday to face accusations of inciting racial hatred by using an anti-Muslim campaign poster during regional elections last year.
