France’s football union slams FIFA Club World Cup;…

[ad_1] France’s Union of Professional Football Players (UNFP) has slammed FIFA’s new Club World Cup, calling it a “massacre” for players already worn out by packed schedules. The tournament has sparked major concerns about the…

Le Pen’s ban outraged France’s far right

[ad_1] Andrew HardingParis correspondentBBCOutrage is a precious political currency and France's far right has spent this week attempting, furiously and predictably, to capitalise on the perceived injustice of a court's decision to block its totemic…

Marine Le Pen brought the far right to…

[ad_1] For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising. She stripped the French far right of its old symbols, sanded down its roughest edges and built in…

European rightwingers react to France’s Le Pen ban

[ad_1] Getty Images/BBCEuropean politicians Viktor Orban (l), Geert Wilders (c) and Matteo Salvini (r) are among those who reacted to a court ruling banning France's Marine Le Pen from running for public officeMarine Le Pen…