Marion Solletty

Paris

Executive Editor, France at POLITICO Europe

Editor At Large @POLITICOEurope. Executive Editor, France (2021-2024) @msolletty.bsky.social

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Articles

Marine Le Pen fights for spotlight after heir Jordan Bardella’s promising polling

1 week ago | politico.eu | Marion Solletty

PARIS — There can only be one number one, and Marine Le Pen knows that too well. Weeks after she was convicted of embezzlement and effectively barred from standing in the 2027 presidential election, the far-right leader looks increasingly sidelined by her heir apparent Jordan Bardella, the 29-year-old president of the National Rally.
Yellow hat revolt: Inside France’s rural rising

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Marion Solletty

With rural discontent growing, Marine Le Pen’s far-right party sees an opportunity ahead of the 2027 presidential election. By MARION SOLLETYin AUCH, FrancePhoto-illustration by Andrei Cojocaru for POLITICOStanding on the stage, Serge Bousquet-Cassagne looked down solemnly at his protégé, pointing his arm at him for all the farmers and their families to see.
Le procureur saisi après une nouvelle absence de Pierre-Édouard Stérin en commission d’enquête

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Marion Solletty

PARIS — Le bureau de la commission d’enquête parlementaire sur l’organisation des élections va saisir le procureur de la République de Paris pour non-présentation après une nouvelle absence de Pierre-Edouard Stérin à son audition prévue mardi 20 mai. “Monsieur Stérin n’est pas au-dessus des lois de la République,” a pointé Thomas Cazenave, président de la commission, déplorant le refus du milliardaire de se présenter en personne à l’audition.
French PM digs in heels during high-profile hearing on child abuse scandal

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Marion Solletty

PARIS — French Prime Minister François Bayrou vehemently hit back against allegations that he mishandled a decades-old child abuse scandal during more than five hours of grilling on Wednesday.
Pierre-Édouard Stérin pose un lapin à la commission d’enquête sur la tenue des élections

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Marion Solletty

PARIS — Le bureau de la commission d’enquête parlementaire sur l’organisation des élections a brandi, mercredi 14 mai, la menace de poursuites contre Pierre-Edouard Stérin après que celui-ci a séché son audition prévue le même jour. Le milliardaire, dont l'audition avait déjà été repoussée, devait être entendu par les députés sur son projet politique Périclès, qui vise à soutenir le camp de la droite libérale et conservatrice à coup de millions d’euros par an.
La révolte des bonnets jaunes : plongée au cœur de la Coordination rurale

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Marion Solletty

AUCH, France — Debout sur l’estrade, Serge Bousquet-Cassagne regarde solennellement son protégé en pointant son bras vers lui, devant les agriculteurs et leurs familles réunis sous la grande halle polyvalente.
French PM to testify under oath on snowballing child abuse scandal

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Marion Solletty

PARIS — French Prime Minister François Bayrou faces a perilous moment in his premiership this week as he is expected to testify in a child abuse scandal that has dragged his polling numbers into the gutter. Bayrou will be grilled by lawmakers on Wednesday as part of a parliamentary inquiry, where MPs will seek to clarify just how much he knew about reports of abuse at a private Catholic school near his hometown when they first began surfacing in the 1990s.
Paryż i Londyn, czyli dobra mina do złej gry. "Po brexicie nie powinno być żadnych korzyści dla Brytyjczyków"

1 month ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Marion Solletty |Giovanna Faggionato |Clea Caulcutt |Jon Stone

Francuzi od dawna mają w zwyczaju irytować Brytyjczyków. W ostatnim czasie mocno naciskają ich w kwestii ustępstw. Chcą, aby premier Keir Starmer zaakceptował je w zamian za reset z UE. Paryż odgrywał złego policjanta podczas negocjacji w sprawie brexitu i późniejszej umowy handlowej w latach 2016-2020. Teraz powtarza tę rolę, gdy Brytyjczycy chcą ponownie zbliżyć się do UE, a przełomowy szczyt w Londynie ma odbyć się za niecałe dwa tygodnie.
How Macron is playing hardball as UK’s Starmer strives for EU reset

1 month ago | politico.eu | Clea Caulcutt |Giovanna Faggionato |Jon Stone |Marion Solletty

PARIS — The French have long had a habit of annoying the British. Lately they’ve been digging their heels in over concessions they want Prime Minister Keir Starmer to accept in return for his hoped-for reset with the EU. From defense to fisheries, France’s diplomats have been playing hardball, according to officials from both sides.
The billionaire who wants to Make France Great Again

1 month ago | politico.eu | Marion Solletty |Sarah Paillou

Marine Le Pen’s most faithful lieutenants arrived early at the stately baroque Val-de-Grâce church in the fifth arrondissement in the heart of Paris. It was a freezing day and a crowd had gathered outside to pay homage to her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of her far-right National Rally party, who died days earlier on Jan. 7.