French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she aims to lead France as the president of a "non-aligned" power but insisted she was not seeking the post of prime minister in the case of new legislative elections.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Thursday said those behind death threats against a judge and prosecutors trying her in a graft trial should be punished, in her first comments on a police investigation into the abuse.

The newly formed European Parliament group called Patriots for Europe, which hosts within its ranks Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, the National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen from France and the Freedom Party (FPO) of Herbert Kickle from Austria, has decided to hold a “make Europe great again” rally in Madrid on 8 February.

Experts argue the French rightwing leader's newfound distance from the U.S. president represents the growing legitimacy of her National Rally party.

The newly created European Union far-right party the Patriots for Europe, home to populists like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and France’s Marine Le Pen, will hold a “Make Europe Great Again” rally in Madrid on Feb. 8, two officials told POLITICO.

Bardella, chair of the European Parliament’s far-right Patriots for Europe grouping and president of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, said Monday morning that he would ask Manfred Weber, leader of the center-right European People’s Party, to “join forces” and halt the European Union’s efforts to curb climate change.

French police have opened an investigation into death threats against a judge and two prosecutors involved in a corruption trial of far-right leader Marine Le Pen in which she could be barred from contesting the 2027 presidential election,

The European Parliament's largest far-right bloc will hold its first summit in Madrid next week with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and France's Marine Le Pen in attendance, Spanish party