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Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, left, speaks with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk as they arrive for an EU summit at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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President Donald Trump has unleashed chaos by distraction around the world with a blitz of executive orders and ideas. The result — foreign leaders are scrambling to respond and regular people are wondering how they’ll get food and medicine.
 
Spanish far-right VOX party leader Santiago Abascal, centre, sits with European far-right politicians during Patriots for Europe summit in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. From left, Italy's vice Premier Matteo Salvini, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, far-right VOX party leader Santiago Abascal, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and Dutch far right wing politician Geert Wilders.(AP Photo/Paul White)

Europe’s far-right leaders applaud Trump and downplay threat of possible US tariffs

 
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou delivers his general policy speech, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 at the National Assembly in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France’s government is fighting for survival over its 2025 budget. Here’s what to know

 
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou delivers his general policy speech, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 at the National Assembly in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France braces for a political showdown as the new prime minister seeks to force a budget through

 
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives Notre Dame du Val-de-Grace church for a public memorial for her father and late far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 in Paris. Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's main far-right party, died on Jan.7, 2025 aged 96. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen under tight security

 

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Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen under tight security

Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony Thursday in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died at the age of 96.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Front, dies at 96

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French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou delivers his general policy speech, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 at the National Assembly in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France’s new prime minister says he’ll renegotiate a contested plan to raise the retirement age

 
French far-right Front National leader Marine Le Pen is kissed by her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, in Lyon, central France, Sunday Nov. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to her politically polarizing father

 
French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, center, flanked by his daughter Marine Le Pen, and Bruno Gollnisch, arrives for a wreath-laying ceremony at the statue of Joan of Arc, within the party's traditional May Day march Saturday May 1, 2010, in Paris.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)

As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here’s a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France

 
Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc, Monday May 1, 2017, in Paris. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96

 
French centrist presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron, left, waves supporters as French centrist politician Francois Bayrou looks on during a meeting in Pau, southwestern France, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Bob Edme, File)

France has a new government, again. Politics and crushing debt complicate next steps

 
Alexis Kohler, Secretary-General of the Elysee Palace, announces the names of the ministers of the new cabinet, in the Elysee Palace, Monday, Dec 23, 2024 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron's office announced a new government, after the previous Cabinet collapsed in a historic vote prompted by fighting over France's budget. (Saboor Abdul/Pool via AP)

France has a new government. Now it must fix the budget while avoiding collapse

 
France's newly appointed Prime Minister Francois Bayrou speaks after the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon , the Prime Minister residence, in Paris, Friday Dec. 13, 2024.( Abdul Saboor, Pool via AP)

President Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as France’s next prime minister

 
A waiter works as French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the nation following the resignation of ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier, a day after a historic no-confidence vote at the National Assembly left France without a functioning government. Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 in Versailles, outside Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Macron seeks political deal to name a new prime minister and restore France’s stability

 
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier gets applause from ministers and parliament members after addressing the National Assembly prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French lawmakers vote to oust prime minister in the first successful no-confidence vote since 1962

 
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, center, answers reporters at the National Assembly and confirmed the National Rally party will vote against Prime Minister Michel Barnier in an upcoming no-confidence vote, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French lawmakers vote to oust prime minister in the first successful no-confidence vote since 1962

 
FILE - France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier arrives for a weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

France’s government warns of ‘big storm’ as no-confidence vote looms

 
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives at the courtroom for the last day of the trial on charges of embezzling European Parliament funds, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

High-stakes trial that could derail presidential ambitions of France’s Marine Le Pen wraps up

 
FILE - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen answers reporters at the Elysee Palace after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Aug. 26, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

France’s far right threatens to bring down the government over the planned budget

 
FILE- French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives at the courtroom for the trial over the suspected embezzlement of European Parliament funds, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

French prosecutors seek a 2-year prison sentence and ineligibility period against Marine Le Pen

 
This courtroom sketch by Valentin Pasquier shows French far-right leader Marine Le Pen during his trial, facing court on charges of embezzling EU funds at the Paris court house, in Paris France, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Valentin Pasquier)

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces court on charges of embezzling EU funds

 

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen denies wrongdoing as she and her party go on trial accused of embezzling EU funds

 
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, front, speaks to the media as she arrives at the court house in Paris, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France’s Le Pen denies wrongdoing as she and her party go on trial accused of embezzling EU funds

 
FILE - Police vans park outside the National Assembly during the second round of the legislative elections in Paris, Sunday, July 7, 2024. France’s far right leader Marine Le Pen says the country is “in a quagmire” after the chaotic legislative elections have produced a fragmented parliament and a deeply divided society as Paris prepares to host the Olympic Games at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

Far-right leader Le Pen says France is in a political ‘quagmire’ 9 days before Olympics start

 
Far-right National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen answers reporters after the second round of the legislative election, Sunday, July 7, 2024 at the party election night headquarters in Paris. A coalition on the left that came together unexpectedly ahead of France's snap elections won the most parliamentary seats in the vote, according to polling projections Sunday. The surprise projections put President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance in second and the far right in third. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is investigated over alleged illicit financing in 2022 vote

 
FILE - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen reacts as she meets supporters and journalists after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appeared last week to be nearer to power than ever after her National Rally party, strengthened by new allies, triumphed in the opening round of legislative elections, with a first place that was by no means a hole in one but still looked like an impressive tee-shot, apparently positioning it to possibly win or get close to an absolute parliamentary majority in the decisive run-off round this Sunday. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

The far right seemed to have a lock on France’s legislative elections. Here’s why it didn’t win

 
Kylian Mbappe of France wears a face mask during a round of sixteen match between France and Belgium at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Mbappé warns of ‘catastrophic’ political situation in France as the far right gets closer to power

 
People gather at Republique plaza in a protest against the far-right, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, in Paris. French opposition parties and associations are trying to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally in next Sunday's second round of legislative elections. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Far-right National Rally candidates, including one who wore Nazi cap, scrutinized in French election

 
Serge Klarsfeld sits in his office, Tuesday, July 2, 2024 in Paris. France's renowned Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld advised voters faced with a duel between a candidate from Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and a far-left competitor to choose the far right in Sunday's parliamentary elections runoff. Klarsfeld, a 88 year-old historian who with his wife Beate dedicated his life to bring fugitive Nazis to justice, told the Associated Press "it's very simple. Marine Le Pen is the head of a party which supports Israel and supports the Jews." (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Renowned Nazi hunter in France advises Jews to choose far right over far left in elections

 
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, center campaigns with local candidate for the second round of the legislative election Stanislas Guerini, right, Tuesday, July 2, 2024 in Paris. After France's far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors on Monday cast a wary eye on the latest country to veer to the right on the continent. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

French candidates make hurried deals to try to stop far-right National Rally from leading government

 
A couple watch bikers riding near Henin-Beaumont, northern France, Sunday, June 30, 2024. Several waves of industrial shutdowns have left unemployment levels above the national average, and 60% of the population earns so little it does not need to pay tax, according to data from France's national statistics agency.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Le Pen first had success in an ex-mining town. Her message there is now winning over French society

 
FILE - Leader of the French far-right National Rally Marine Le Pen, left, and lead candidate of the party for the upcoming European election Jordan Bardella during a political meeting on June 2, 2024 in Paris. At just 28 years old, Jordan Bardella has led the French far right to a landslide victory in the European Parliament election in June. After voters propelled Marine Le Pen's National Rally to a strong lead in the first round of national legislative elections on Sunday, Bardella has turned to rallying supporters to grant Marine Le Pen's party an absolute majority in the decisive round of voting on July 7 and make him the prime minister of France. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

At 28, Bardella could become youngest French prime minister at helm of far-right National Rally

 
FILE - Leader of the French far-right National Rally Marine Le Pen, left and lead candidate of the party for the upcoming European election Jordan Bardella during a political meeting on June 2, 2024 in Paris. France's far-right leader has contradicted the country's constitution when she raised the question of who would be in charge of the military if her hostile National Rally takes over the government after the election. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

French far-right leader Le Pen questions president’s role as army chief ahead of parliament election

 
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech as Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right National Rally, listens at the party election night headquarters after French President Emanuel Macron announced he dissolves National Assembly and calls new legislative election after defeat in EU vote, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. First projected results from France put far-right National Rally party well ahead in EU elections, according to French opinion poll institutes. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

French opposition parties on the left and right seek alliances ahead of snap elections

 
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives at the National Rally party headquarters, Monday, June 10, 2024 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the lower house of France's parliament in a surprise announcement sending voters back to the polls in the coming weeks to choose lawmakers, after his party was handed a humbling defeat by the far-right in the European elections Sunday. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Macron hopes to contain far right in national elections after it surged in EU vote. It’s a risky bet

 
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen speaks as Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right National Rally, listens at the party election night headquarters after French President Emanuel Macron announced he dissolves National Assembly and calls new legislative election after defeat in EU vote, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. First projected results from France put far-right National Rally party well ahead in EU elections, according to French opinion poll institutes. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Macron dissolves the French parliament and calls a snap election after defeat in EU vote

 
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