Le Pen could see her presidential hopes dashed in a graft trial that concludes on Monday. For a full low-down on the high-stakes case, and a potential last-minute reprieve for Le Pen, read this by Juliette Jabkhiro and elizabeth pineau reuters.com/world/europe/f…

France's constitutional court has left the door open to Le Pen receiving a potential five-year public office ban if she is convicted in a graft trial that concludes on Monday, declining to bail out the far-right leader. reuters.com/world/europe/b…

D-Day for Le Pen. Will she be forced to sit out the 2027 election, or will she live to fight another day? Graft trial verdict due this morning. reuters.com/world/europe/f…

Unlike Trump, Le Pen bet big on playing nice with France's cherished institutions, hoping it would catapult her to the presidency. That strategy backfired on Monday, when a Paris court ended her dreams of top office reuters.com/world/europe/l…

Nice scoop from my former Rio colleague Rodrigo Viga Gaier, who got Bolsonaro on the phone to speak about the Le Pen verdict reuters.com/world/brazils-…

According to some, "la guerre juridique" has now landed in France. Others aren't so sure. My latest. reuters.com/world/europe/a…

Here's a good read from Michel Rose that shows how Le Pen's barbs against the judiciary are playing badly in just the sort of cities she needs if she stands any chance of running in 2027 reuters.com/world/europe/t…

Washington's three most powerful men - Trump, Musk, Vance - have lent their support to Le Pen, alleging she is a victim of leftist lawfare. Will it help her? "I'm not sure it helps," said French Minister Manuel Valls. reuters.com/world/europe/t…

Trump’s Least Favorite Judge Has Friends in High Places - good look at another judge in the cross hairs of executive fury nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/…

Great story by Tassilo Hummel and Waylon Cunningham on the difficulties LVMH has faced making high-end Vuitton bags in Texas reuters.com/business/retai…

“Trump’s ideas on how to strengthen U.S. industry are similar to what we thought in Latin America right after World War II. ” wsj.com/economy/trade/…

Little is known about who is behind a wave of attacks on French prisons that come as authorities seek to clamp down on jailed kingpins running their empires from behind bars. Anti-terrorism prosecutors are investigating. reuters.com/world/europe/s…

Take a look inside the mysterious Telegram group, set up the day before a wave of nationwide prison attacks, that police believe may hold clues to who is behind a spate of assaults being treated as terrorism. reuters.com/world/europe/i…

🇫🇷Crime and insecurity have deteriorated in #France, voters overwhelmed by #drugtrafficking. 👉Reuters's Gabriel Stargardter ➡️Full show: f24.my/B6Bo.x FRANCE 24 English

France passes sweeping new drug law as cocaine surge drives crime wave reuters.com/world/europe/f…

The Dominican Republic shattered records in 2024, seizing 37.7 tons of cocaine up from 17.9 in 2023. The Port of Caucedo stood out as the country’s main trafficking hotspot. Read our latest Cocaine Seizure Round-Up to learn more about global cocaine trade. bit.ly/4iSujUL

Italy's mafia abandoning rivalries to join forces, report says reuters.com/business/finan…

Bardella was profiled on "An Intimate Ambition," a primetime TV show full of personal vignettes that could broaden his appeal for 2027, when he may be the RN's presidential candidate at the expense of Marine Le Pen. reuters.com/world/europe/s…

France grapples with how to define terrorism: reuters.com/world/europe/f…

Hardly surprising to see Brazil top the list of nations where people say they mainly get their news from social media, but France is rising sharply: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/…