France
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Europe
Jordan Bardella, the French hard right’s young hope
After Marine Le Pen was barred from running for president, the 29-year-old may have to take her place
Europe
Marine Le Pen’s ban polarises France
Pending her appeal, it also opens up the presidential election
By Invitation
The Le Pen ruling is good for liberal democracy, writes Tarik Abou-Chadi
The Oxford professor says it shouldn’t matter whether the verdict emboldens the hard right or not
Leaders
Why Marine Le Pen should be allowed to run for president
Punish the offender without also punishing French democracy
Britain
How to run a smuggling business
Transporting people across the English Channel is a tough job for an entrepreneur
Europe
Barring Marine Le Pen is a political thunderbolt for France
Her sentence for improper use of EU funds could strengthen the hard right
International
Trump is a problem for Europe’s most important hard-right leaders
His antics are causing headaches for Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen
Britain
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are forging a tight link
As Donald Trump threatens to leave Europe on its own